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Censys Search

Created
05/30/2018

Description

The module uses the Censys REST API to access the same data accessible through the web interface. The search endpoint allows queries using the Censys Search Language against the Hosts dataset. Setting the CERTIFICATES option will also retrieve the certificate details for each relevant service by querying the Certificates dataset.

Author(s)

  • Nixawk
  • e2002e
  • Christophe De La Fuente

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/gather/censys_search
msf auxiliary(censys_search) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(censys_search) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(censys_search) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(censys_search) > run

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