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TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

51 mentions on Hacker News by 49 people: 7 stories, 44 comments · first 2013-09-14 · latest 2025-10-13

Mentions per year 51 mentions · busiest year 2020 (10)
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    Masscan: TCP port scanner, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes
    story by ducktective · 2021-09-28 · 130 comments
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    Some idiot is using your tool to mass scan our network
    story by Garbage · 2020-10-09 · 182 comments
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    TCP port scanner, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes
    story by magnetised · 2018-09-26 · 0 comments
  4. ▲ 1
    Is masscan sending all IP ranges to Net systems research?
    story by xybool · 2018-01-15 · 0 comments
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    MASSCAN: Mass IP port scanner
    story by ntumlin · 2016-08-10 · 33 comments
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    Masscan: Scan the entire Internet in under 5 minutes
    story by pmoriarty · 2014-12-27 · 29 comments
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    Masscan: scan the entire Internet in under 6 minutes, 10 million packets/second
    story by nvk · 2013-09-16 · 30 comments