A scan is an automated series of probes of system ports. Each computer has about 65,000 virtual ports. A scan can probe all of these, or limit its probes to only those with known vulnerabilities. Some scans can result in system or data changes, but most are a precursor to a directed attack on system vulnerabilities. Scanning is not illegal.
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