Masscan
AGPL-3.0🌐 Network Recon · C
Masscan is the fastest Internet port scanner. It can scan the entire Internet in under 6 minutes, transmitting 10 million packets per second from a single machine. It produces results similar to Nmap but operates asynchronously, transmitting packets without waiting for responses. The internal architecture is more similar to scanrand and unicornscan than traditional scanners. It uses a custom TCP/IP stack to avoid the overhead of the operating system's networking stack.
Installation
apt (Debian/Ubuntu)
$ sudo apt install masscanbrew (macOS)
$ brew install masscanfrom source
$ git clone https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan && cd masscan && makeUse Cases
- Internet-wide port surveys and research
- Rapid scanning of large IP ranges
- Asset discovery across enterprise networks
- Feeding results into Nmap for detailed service detection
Tags
Details
- Category
- 🌐 Network Recon
- Language
- C
- Repository
- robertdavidgraham/masscan
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Platforms
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