How do I create port scanner program?

Date: 2010-09-16. Category: Java Networking examples. Hits: 7K time(s).

In this example you'll see how to create a simple port scanner program to check the open ports for the specified host name.

package org.kodejava.example.net;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;

public class PortScanner {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String host = "localhost";
        InetAddress inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(host);

        String hostName = inetAddress.getHostName();
        for (int port = 0; port <= 65535; port++) {
            try {
                Socket socket = new Socket(hostName, port);
                String text = hostName + " is listening on port " + port;
                System.out.println(text);
                socket.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                String s = hostName + " is not listening on port " + port;
                System.out.println(s);
            }
        }
    }
}

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