Ip4scout
Pretty random INTERNET syn/ack scanner, useful for finding specific alive ports for research.
Install / Use
/learn @LeakIX/Ip4scoutREADME
IP4scout
IP4scout was born from the need of having a real-time feed of open ports. Instead of scanning Internet in one shot, it takes a ports list and probe random hosts at a predefined rate.
Scanning at 5kps for 10 ports, statistically has an average of 2 weeks between 2 hosts.
Leaks are random, so is this!

Features
- SYN/ACK scanning
- Blacklist support
- Low memory/CPU footprint
- Rate limiting
Usage
ip4scout random -h
Displays help for the random command (only implementation atm)
|Flag |Description |Example| |-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--blacklist-file |Loads a list of network (CIDR format) from a file |ip4scout random --blacklist-file=blacklist.txt| |--source-port |Use this port a source for the SYN packets |ip4scout random --source-port=12345| |--ports |List of ports to randomly send SYN packets to|ip4scout random --port=21,23,443 |--rate-limit |Maximum number of packet per seconds|ip4scout random --rate-limit=1000| |--disable-recommended|Disable ip4scout's built-in list of non-recommended networks|ipscout random --disable-recommended|
Installation Instructions
From Binary
libpcap is required to run this software, check your distribution's package manager.
The installation is easy. You can download the pre-built binaries for your platform from the Releases page.
▶ apt-get install -y libpcap0.8
▶ chmod +x ip4scout-linux-64
▶ mv ip4scout-linux-64 /usr/local/bin/ip4scout
From Source
You're going to need libpcap's headers and go1.14+ to built ip4scout.
▶ apt-get install -y libpcap-dev
▶ GO111MODULE=on go get -u -v github.com/LeakIX/ip4scout/cmd/ip4scout
▶ ${GOPATH}/bin/ip4scout random -h
Running ip4scout
▶ ip4scout random -p 3304-3308,9200-9210 -r 10000 -b blacklist.txt
Handling output
ip4scout speaks l9format which is a JSON schema targeted at network recon.
l9filter allows translation between this format and plenty others.
Human output
▶ ip4scout random --ports=3306,9200,6379|tee results.json|l9filter transform -i l9 -o human
Will display human-readable results on stdout while saving the scan results to results.json
Hostport output
▶ ip4scout random -p 3304-3308,9200-9210|tee results.json|l9filter transform -i l9 -o hostport
Will display host:port results on stdout while saving the scan results to results.json
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