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Port scanning

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

Using a program to remotely determine which ports on a system are open (e.g., whether systems allow connections through those ports).

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Port scannings
possessive
Port scanning's
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Port scannings'