Show HN: Scantron – A distributed NMAP/masscan scanner

Scantron is a distributed nmap and masscan scanner comprised of two components. The first is a Master node that consists of a web front end used for scheduling scans and storing nmap&#x2F;masscan scan targets and results. The second component is an agent that pulls scan jobs from Master and conducts the actual nmap&#x2F;masscan scanning. A majority of the application&#x27;s logic is purposely placed on Master to make the agent(s) as &quot;dumb&quot; as possible. All nmap&#x2F;masscan target files and nmap&#x2F;masscan results reside on Master and are shared through a network file share (NFS) leveraging SSH tunnels. The agents call back to Master periodically using a REST API to check for scan tasks and provide scan status updates.<p>There is also a Python client for interacting with the Scantron API and driving automated workflows.

This looks like a cool product and all but I think you’re going to run into some legal issues with the name. Scantron is already a big company that handles those fill in the bubble style testing sheets and scans them in to get a grade. It’s used in almost every school across the US and is very well established. Just a heads up that the name might cause you some trouble down the line.