By antonbalboa
Is just a curiosity, is it possible with DigitalOcean to use a droplet to get a list of IP’s currently online (I thought about using zmap to scan and get IP’s with port 80 opened (since I consider port 80 is usual to have it opened and from where I dont have any bad intentions)
The aim of doing this, is just for making a list of IP’s and then trying to get the geolocation of all of them, to place into a map, just to see where the most of the servers are located etc.
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Sssuurreeeee, why not, what could go wrong. Most people will not care, though some might, and even block you for doing so. I would not recommend this unless you know what you are doing.
Then again what do I know… ;)
- It’s legal.
- Scanning port 80 is no big deal.
- I’d read DO’s TOS very carefully (I haven’t). If you piss someone off and they bitch to the abuse department I’m sure there is a clause where they can kick you off their network.
- Personally, I’d use shithost.com for something like this.
- If you do do it, use that nmap flag for very slow discovery. I think they call it “stealth”.
—EDIT—
You said zmap, not nmap. My bad. I just looked it up. Cool…
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