monitor the log for nmap activities

[John Hunter <johnny.h.hunter () gmail com>]

Hello all:

I am using nmap to hit my home Linux server for testing. Now I have
two questions:

1. Supposed my Linux server's name is "HappyHome", I can do "namp
HappyHome" inside my home network, or I can do "nmap
HappyHome.XXXXX.com", while "HappyHome.XXXXX.com is the domain name I
registered for my home server. In the latter case, is it the same like
attacking from outside internet? Even though I actually perform the
tests from the same machine in my home network?

2. How can I find the logging info from the home Linux? I guess if I
tried stealthy option "-sS", the hit might have evaded the detection,
but when I used "-sT", I still can't find any trace from
/var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog, if I barked at the wrong tree,
where else should I look?

Thanks a lot, folks!

John

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