Shodan
Search Engine for the Internet of Everything
Shodan is a search engine that indexes and provides intelligence on Internet-connected devices worldwide, crawling the entire Internet weekly. It offers network monitoring, real-time alerts, and comprehensive IP enrichment to help users understand their exposure and the broader internet landscape. Developers can access the full platform via a REST API, CLI, and streaming interface for automated data collection and analysis.
Shodan continuously crawls the internet to collect and index metadata from internet-connected devices, making it searchable and accessible via a web interface, API, and CLI.
security researchers, developers, and IT/network professionals
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
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