Know what's listening.

The split that matters

A database bound to localhost is Tuesday. The same database reachable from the network is a decision someone should have made on purpose. Pulse leads with that distinction, so you scrutinize the five ports that face the world instead of scrolling past the thirteen that don't.

Every port, owned

Each entry names the process and pid behind it, and clicks through to the full process inspector — signing, connections, open files — when a listener deserves a background check.

The dev-server tripwire

Bind a dev server to 0.0.0.0 and your work-in-progress is open to the whole coffee shop. Pulse's security review catches exactly that, names the process and port, and quotes the one-line fix — this window is where you come to confirm it worked.