Boreas(8)

NAME
boreas - Command line tool for basic alive detection.

SYNOPSIS
boreas [-v] [-h] [--target target-list] [--exclude exclude-list] [--ports port-list] [--icmp] [--tcp-ack] [--tcp-syn] [--arp]

DESCRIPTION
Boreas is a Host-Alive Scanner that identifies the active IP addresses of the target range.

OPTIONS

-v, --version
    Print the version number and exit.

-h, --help
    Show a summary of the commands.

--target=<target-list>
    Targets to scan. One or many hosts. The list is comma-separated. Each entry can be a IP address, a CIDR notation, a hostname, a IP range. IPs can be v4 or v6.

--exclude=<exclude-list>
    One or many hosts to exclude form the target list. The list is comma-separated. Each entry can be a IP address, a CIDR notation, a hostname, a IP range. IPs can be v4 or v6.

--ports=<port-list>
    Ports to check for every target in the target list. The syntax of this option is flexible, it can be a single range ("1-1500"), several ports ("21,23,80"), several ranges of ports ("1-1500,32000-33000").

--timeout
    Max. wait time for replies. Default 3

--icmp
    Use ICMP ping for alive detection.

--tcp-ack
    Use TCP-ACK ping for alive detection.

--port
    Use TCP-SYN ping for alive detection.

--arp
    Use ARP ping for alive detection.

AUTHORS
(C) 2020 Greenbone AG.