How to Perform Anonymous Online Port Scans with Scanless

This guide introduces Scanless, a Python‑based tool that leverages third‑party online scanners to conduct anonymous port scans, explains how to install it via Git and pip, demonstrates command‑line usage and Docker support, and lists the supported scanning services.

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How to Perform Anonymous Online Port Scans with Scanless

Scanless Introduction

Scanless is a tool that performs online port scanning via third‑party scanning platforms, allowing anonymous scans.

Installation and Usage

# Download
$ git clone https://github.com/vesche/scanless.git

# Install
$ pip install scanless --user

# Usage
$ scanless --help
usage: scanless [-h] [-v] [-t TARGET] [-s SCANNER] [-r] [-l] [-a]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         display the current version
  -t TARGET, --target TARGET
                        ip or domain to scan
  -s SCANNER, --scanner SCANNER
                        scanner to use (default: hackertarget)
  -r, --random          use a random scanner
  -l, --list            list scanners
  -a, --all             use all the scanners

$ scanless --list
Scanner Name   | Website
yougetsignal   | http://www.yougetsignal.com
viewdns        | http://viewdns.info
hackertarget   | https://hackertarget.com
ipfingerprints | http://www.ipfingerprints.com
pingeu         | http://ping.eu
spiderip       | https://spiderip.com
t1shopper      | http://www.t1shopper.com
standingtech   | https://portscanner.standingtech.com

$ scanless -t scanme.nmap.org -s ipfingerprints
Running scanless...
------- ipfingerprints -------
Host is up (0.16s latency).
Not shown: 491 closed ports
PORT   STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open  ssh
80/tcp open  http
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 3.X|4.X
OS CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3 cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:4
OS details: Linux 3.2 - 4.6
Network Distance: 7 hops
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Scanless also supports Docker installation; see the project homepage for details.

Supported Online Port Scanning Websites

The default integrated scanning interfaces are major foreign online port scanning sites.

yougetsignal

viewdns

hackertarget

ipfingerprints

pingeu

spiderip

t1shopper

standingtech

You can integrate additional scanning interfaces yourself.

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