This is a simple port scanner coded in c. It uses a simple socket and a for loop. The port scanner uses TCP Connect  to check whether the port is opened or closed.

This is for beginners who are trying to grasp simple sockets in C.

By the way this is for linux platform you can easily compile this on win32 using cygwin.

/* A TCP port scanner created by billy www.softhardware.co.uk*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>


/* Main programs starts*/
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   int   sd;         //socket descriptor
   int    port;         //port number
   int   start;         //start port
   int    end;         //end port
   int    rval;         //socket descriptor for connect   
   char    responce[1024];      //to receive data
   char   *message="shell";       //data to send
   struct hostent *hostaddr;   //To be used for IPaddress
   struct sockaddr_in servaddr;   //socket structure
   
   if (argc < 4 )
   {
      printf("------Created By www.Softhardware.co.uk-----------\n");
      printf("--------------------------------------------------\n");
      printf("Usage: ./tscan <IPaddress> <Start Port> <End Port>\n");
      printf("--------------------------------------------------\n");
      return (EINVAL);
   }
   start = atoi(argv[2]);
   end   = atoi(argv[3]);
   for (port=start; port<=end; port++)
   {

         //portno is ascii to int second argument     

   sd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP); //created the tcp socket
   if (sd == -1)
   {
     perror("Socket()\n");
     return (errno);
   }   

   memset( &servaddr, 0, sizeof(servaddr));

   servaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
   servaddr.sin_port = htons(port); //set the portno
   
   hostaddr = gethostbyname( argv[1] ); //get the ip 1st argument
   
   memcpy(&servaddr.sin_addr, hostaddr->h_addr, hostaddr->h_length);
     
   //below connects to the specified ip in hostaddr
   
 

   rval = connect(sd, (struct sockaddr *) &servaddr, sizeof(servaddr));
   if (rval == -1)
   {
   printf("Port %d is closed\n", port);
   close(sd);
   }
   else
   printf("Port %d is open\n",port);
   
   close(sd);         //socket descriptor
   }
   
}
 
thanks
 

Billy786,

looks promising, might make a nice base for a project I've had in mind for a while. Thanks for sharing.


I'd suggest this could be left as 'an excercise for the reader'. As Billy states this is good for beginners trying to grasp the basics, too many advanced features may just confuse matters (aka me )