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Port scanner is a piece of software designed to search a network host for open ports. This is often used byadministrators to check the security of their networks and by crackers to compromise it. To port scan a host is to scan forlistening ports on a single target host. To port sweep is to scan multiple hosts for a specific listening ports. Some portscanner only scan the most common or most commonly vulnerable port numbers on a given host. Port scanning canhowever also be used by those who intend to compromise security. In proposed system, an alternative engine isimplemented to automatically block specialized tool scans, namely PSAD. To carry out this work, a virtual networkenvironment is configured as an experimenting platform with port scan attacks. To neutralize such attacks, securitymechanism is performed that takes the data reported by the PSAD and using parameterized variables automatic locksbecome viable including custom record and notifications. The result of alternative engine is faster and more reliable thanthe tools previously used.

Dr.P.Rajkumar, P.Aswathi, K.Mohana Prabha, S.Santhya, “DETECTING THREATS USING PORT SCANNING”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 1104-1111, February 2018.