Port scan

Using software to scan any of the 65536 ports on a computer. This may be done for technical reasons by a network administrator or for nefarious reasons by a computer cracker.

Ned carried out a full Port scan while checking the firewalls integrety.

by Blue Cawdrey November 19, 2004

portscanner

A securitytool to map open, virtual ports on a computer connected to a wordnetwork/word.

Used to find vulnerabilities in network enviroments, and eliminate potential security issues.

by BelgainDSoul August 10, 2003