Mini$-$Project $31$: Python for Cybersecurity

Mini$-$Project Overview

Time Estimate: $1$ hour

In Section $8$: Network Security, you learned about port scanning, specifically using the Nmap tool. As you may recall, port scanning tools display which ports on a network are open for communication. Whether or not a port is open can help with determining the next steps a pen tester might want to take in launching attacks against a network.

Creating a simple port scanning tool in Python is easy, and is a great way to both learn socket programming with Python, and learn how port scanners work.

NOTE: This exercise has been written and tested in Python $3\mathrm{.}9$ and PyCharm $2021\mathrm{.}3($Community Edition$).$ The final program can be run from the command line, or you can run them from within PyCharm.