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		tobyjsullivan on Sept 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Masscan: scan the entire Internet in under 6 minut... I believe they (Errata Security) are using it for surveys of the internet landscape (i.e. What server software is running on open ports for web and SSH). But there are many other possibilities if you're creative. What about sending a GET request to every port 80 and indexing the results? A new form of web crawler.

gnaritas on Sept 16, 2013 [–]

You wouldn't see much, without the correct host header you won't see the many sites that IP could be serving.

mannix on Sept 16, 2013 | [–]

True, its purpose is a port scanner, not a website scanner.

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