#OPEN SOURCE MINI PROJECT TCP SYN Port Scanner (Scapy)

This project is a lightweight TCP SYN port scanner built using Scapy.
It detects OPEN, CLOSED, and FILTERED ports on alive hosts and logs the results into a file.

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📌 Features

• Reads alive hosts from a file (alive_hosts.txt).
• Scans selected ports (22, 80, 443 by default).
• Identifies ports as OPEN, CLOSED, or FILTERED.
• Sends RST packets to gracefully close connections.
• Saves results in port_scan_results.txt.

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Requirements:

Python 3.8+

Scapy(Library)

Root/Administrator privileges (required for raw packet operations)

1. Install requirements: pip install scapy

2. Add Hosts:(Edit alive_hosts.txt with one IP address per line) 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.10 8.8.8.8

3. Run the Scanner: sudo python3 port_scanner.py

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OUTPUT:

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License

You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.

Contributing:

Pull requests are welcome! If you’d like to add more features (e.g., UDP scanning, multi-threading, banner grabbing), feel free to fork and improve this project.

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Disclaimer

This tool is for educational and authorized security testing only. Do not use it on networks or systems you don’t own or have explicit permission to test.