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Network scanning and analysis

Port scanners, host discovery and packet analysis tools for mapping and understanding networks you are responsible for.

7 tools

  • mitmproxy

    Interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy

    Interactive HTTPS proxy with a terminal UI (mitmproxy), a web UI (mitmweb) and a scriptable command-line tool (mitmdump) driven by Python add-ons.

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  • masscan

    Asynchronous TCP port scanner for large ranges

    Internet-scale port scanner that sends SYN packets asynchronously with its own TCP/IP stack, designed to scan very large address ranges quickly.

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    AGPL-3.0-onlyOpen sourceNetwork scanning and analysis
  • RustScan

    Fast port scanner that hands results to Nmap

    Port scanner written in Rust that finds open ports quickly and then pipes them into Nmap for service detection, with a scripting engine of its own.

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    GPL-3.0-onlyOpen sourceNetwork scanning and analysis
  • Nmap

    Network discovery and security auditing tool

    The Network Mapper: host discovery, port scanning, service and OS detection, and the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) for further checks.

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    NPSL-0.95Source-availableNetwork scanning and analysis
  • Wireshark

    Network protocol analyser

    The widely used network protocol analyser: capture live traffic or open capture files and inspect thousands of protocols with display filters.

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    GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceNetwork scanning and analysis
  • Zeek

    Network security monitoring and traffic analysis framework

    Network analysis framework, formerly Bro, that turns traffic into rich, structured logs of connections and protocols, with its own scripting language.

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    BSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceIDS, IPS and network monitoring
    Alternative toDarktrace
  • OpenVAS (Greenbone)

    Network vulnerability scanner (Greenbone Community Edition)

    Scanner engine of the Greenbone Community Edition, running network vulnerability tests from the Greenbone community feed against hosts and services.

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    GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceVulnerability scanning