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# masscan

> Network scanner for scanning as fast as possible.
> Best run with elevated privileges. Nmap compatibility run `masscan --nmap` to find out more.
> More information: <https://manned.org/masscan>.

- Scan an IP or network subnet for port 80:

`masscan {{ip_address|network_prefix}} {{[-p|--ports]}} {{80}}`

- Scan a class B subnet for the top 100 ports at 100,000 packets per second:

`masscan {{10.0.0.0/16}} --top-ports {{100}} --rate {{100000}}`

- Scan a class B subnet avoiding ranges from a specific exclude file:

`masscan {{10.0.0.0/16}} --top-ports {{100}} --excludefile {{path/to/file}}`

- Scan a class B subnet with Nmap-like version detection (banner grabbing):

`masscan {{10.0.0.0/16}} {{[-p|--ports]}} {{22,80}} --banners --rate {{100000}}`

- Scan the Internet for web servers running on port 80 and 443:

`masscan {{0.0.0.0/0}} {{[-p|--ports]}} {{80,443}} --rate {{10000000}}`

- Scan the Internet for DNS servers running on UDP port 53:

`masscan {{0.0.0.0/0}} {{[-p|--ports]}} {{U:53}} --rate {{10000000}}`

- Scan the Internet for a specific port range and export to a file:

`masscan {{0.0.0.0/0}} {{[-p|--ports]}} {{0-65535}} --output-format {{binary|grepable|json|list|xml}} --output-filename {{path/to/file}}`

- Read binary scan results from a file and output to `stdout`:

`masscan --readscan {{path/to/file}}`
