Checks if there is an open connection from the minion to the defined
    host on a specific port.

    name
      host name or ip address to test connection to

    port
      The port to test the connection on

    kwargs
      Additional parameters, parameters allowed are:
        proto (tcp or udp)
        family (ipv4 or ipv6)
        timeout

    .. code-block:: yaml

      testgoogle:
        firewall.check:
          - name: 'google.com'
          - port: 80
          - proto: 'tcp'

def check(name, port=None, **kwargs):

    '''
    Checks if there is an open connection from the minion to the defined
    host on a specific port.

    name
      host name or ip address to test connection to

    port
      The port to test the connection on

    kwargs
      Additional parameters, parameters allowed are:
        proto (tcp or udp)
        family (ipv4 or ipv6)
        timeout

    .. code-block:: yaml

      testgoogle:
        firewall.check:
          - name: 'google.com'
          - port: 80
          - proto: 'tcp'

    '''

    # set name to host as required by the module
    host = name

    ret = {'name': name,
           'result': True,
           'changes': {},
           'comment': ''}

    if 'test' not in kwargs:
        kwargs['test'] = __opts__.get('test', False)

    # check the connection
    if kwargs['test']:
        ret['result'] = True
        ret['comment'] = 'The connection will be tested'
    else:
        results = __salt__['network.connect'](host, port, **kwargs)
        ret['result'] = results['result']
        ret['comment'] = results['comment']

    return ret