Fastest way to scan ports with Java

Question

I made a very simple port scanner, but it runs too slow, so I\'m looking for a way to make it scan faster. Here is my code:

public boolean portIsOpen(String          


        

Answer 1

Nay, fastest way here is to use the dynamically created thread method

Executors.newCachedThreadPool();

This way it uses threads until all of them are taken, then when all of them are taken and there is a new task it will open up a new thread and preform the new task on it.

Here's my code snippet (Creds due to Jack and Bruno Reis)

I also added the function to search any IP address you type in for some added functionality and ease of use.

    import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
    import java.net.Socket;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.List;
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
    import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
    import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
    import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
    import java.util.concurrent.Future;
    import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

    class PortScanner {

    public static void main(final String... args) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException 
    {
        final ExecutorService es = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
        System.out.print("Please input the ip address you would like to scan for open ports: ");
        Scanner inputScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        final String ip = inputScanner.nextLine();
        final int timeout = 200;
        final List> futures = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int port = 1; port <= 65535; port++) {
            // for (int port = 1; port <= 80; port++) {
            futures.add(portIsOpen(es, ip, port, timeout));
        }
        es.awaitTermination(200L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
        int openPorts = 0;
        for (final Future f : futures) {
            if (f.get().isOpen()) {
                openPorts++;
                System.out.println(f.get().getPort());
            }
        }
        System.out.println("There are " + openPorts + " open ports on host " + ip + " (probed with a timeout of "
        + timeout + "ms)");
 es.shutdown();
    }



    public static Future portIsOpen(final ExecutorService es, final String ip, final int port,
    final int timeout) 
    {
        return es.submit(new Callable() {
            @Override
            public ScanResult call() {
                try {
                    Socket socket = new Socket();
                    socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(ip, port), timeout);
                    socket.close();
                    return new ScanResult(port, true);
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    return new ScanResult(port, false);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    public static class ScanResult {
private int port;

private boolean isOpen;

public ScanResult(int port, boolean isOpen) {
    super();
    this.port = port;
    this.isOpen = isOpen;
}

public int getPort() {
    return port;
}

public void setPort(int port) {
    this.port = port;
}

public boolean isOpen() {
    return isOpen;
}

public void setOpen(boolean isOpen) {
    this.isOpen = isOpen;
}

    }
    }