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Boreas a command line tool to scan for alive hosts
https://github.com/greenbone/boreas

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Boreas a command line tool to scan for alive hosts

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/greenbone/boreas
Owner: greenbone
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2020-10-14T07:08:10.000Z (about 4 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-10-28T16:03:49.000Z (2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-28T17:03:18.758Z (2 months ago)
Topics: alive-check, alive-detection, alive-hosts, base, boreas, c, cli, cmake, gea, greenbone, openvas, vulnerability-detection, vulnerability-management, vulnerability-scanners
Language: CMake
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Size: 142 KB
Stars: 4
Watchers: 9
Forks: 7
Open Issues: 3
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS

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README

![Greenbone Logo](https://www.greenbone.net/wp-content/uploads/gb_logo_resilience_horizontal.png) ![Boreas Logo](doc/img/Boreas_AliveScanner_horizontal.png)

# Boreas

Boreas is a command line tool to scan for alive hosts. It supports IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges and allows to exclude certain addresses from a range. The alive ping tests support ICMP, TCP-ACK, TCP-SYN and ARP and any combination. For TCP ping an individual port list can be applied.

## Releases

All [release files](https://github.com/greenbone/boreas/releases) are signed with
the [Greenbone Community Feed integrity key](https://community.greenbone.net/t/gcf-managing-the-digital-signatures/101).
This gpg key can be downloaded at https://www.greenbone.net/GBCommunitySigningKey.asc
and the fingerprint is `8AE4 BE42 9B60 A59B 311C 2E73 9823 FAA6 0ED1 E580`.

## Installation

This module can be configured, built and installed with following commands:

cmake .
make install

For detailed installation requirements and instructions, please see the file
[INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md).

## Example

```bash
$ sudo boreas --target "127.0.0.1-10" --exclude "127.0.0.5" --ports "80" --icmp --tcp-ack
```

For a detailed description of all available options see the manpage.
For a short list of available options use the `-h` command.

## Support

For any question on the usage of `boreas` please use the [Greenbone
Community Portal](https://community.greenbone.net/c/gse). If you found a problem
with the software, please [create an
issue](https://github.com/greenbone/boreas/issues) on GitHub. If you
are a Greenbone customer you may alternatively or additionally forward your
issue to the Greenbone Support Portal.

## Maintainer

This project is maintained by [Greenbone AG](https://www.greenbone.net/).

## Contributing

Your contributions are highly appreciated. Please [create a pull
request](https://github.com/greenbone/boreas/pulls) on GitHub. Bigger
changes need to be discussed with the development team via the [issues section
at GitHub](https://github.com/greenbone/boreas/issues) first.

### Code style and formatting

Before creating a pull request, it is recommended to run the following command:

make format

This reformats the new code to ensure that it follows the code style and
formatting guidelines.

## License

Licensed under the [GNU General Public License v3.0 or later](LICENSE).