Introduction

Shodan is a search engine that enables users to search for information about Internet-connected devices and explicit Web sites, such as the type of software running on a particular system and local anonymous FTP servers.Shodan is used in much the same way as Google, but indexes information based on the banner content, which is the metadata that servers send back to the hosting client. For best results, a Shodan search should be performed using a series of string-formatted filters.

So, in a nutshell, we can say that Shodan is a search engine for finding specific devices and types of devices present online. Just like an internet map, it allows us to see which device is connected to or which port is open on a particular device or which operating system is being used on a particular system, etc. Rather than looking for specific content on a particular search term, SHODAN is designed to help the user find specific nodes (desktops, servers, routers, switches, etc.) that have specific content in their banners. Official website address https://www.shodan.io/

Usage

So how does Shodan work? Shodan scans devices across the network and captures and parses the banner information returned by each device, and by knowing this information Shodan can tell which web servers are the most popular on the network, or how many anonymizable FTP servers exist on the network. (You can also see that shodan has now added thenew tool) Here it is like using Google, just enter what you want to search in the search box on the home page, for example, below I search for "SSH": please baidu for details on how to use it.

academic qualification

Academic Eligibility Details Source: https://help.shodan.io/the-basics/academic-upgrade

Sign up with edu email to get: improved site access, improved API program, Shodan map, Shodan images, complete guide to Shodan book. Little secret (you can browse more than 2 pages of search results.

Shodan offers free membership upgrades to users who register with an academic email address (e.g. ending with etc.). Academic membership includes the following: .edu.ac.uk

• be capable ofcontrolUp to 16 IPs
• 100 inquiry credits per month
• 100 scan credits per month
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• vulnFilters can be used on the website

Application Steps

This site in the edu sale platform to buy the U.S. education mailbox that meets the requirements of shodan, direct shodan.io official website click, register a good website shodan account: https://account.shodan.io/register

Verify Email

Our US edu mailbox received an activation email from Shodan Account Activation with the following content:

Thank you for creating account on Shodan. Please click on the link below to activate your account.

Successful application

Once we clicked to activate the mailbox, the edu mailbox received a message titled "Welcome to Shodan (includes academic upgrade))"The content of the authentication success email:

You've successfully created an academic account on Shodan! Below you will find all important account information to login, make sure to keep this email in your archive for later. You've successfully created an academic account on Shodan! Below you will find all important account information to login, make sure to keep this email in your archive for later.

When we logged into the Shodan website, we discovered that the Shodan account applied for by the edu email address automatically became an academic program.

Account Level Academic membership Academic program. shodan officialAcademic users are not currently allowed to change their email addresses.

common problems

What if my school doesn't have an academic area?

Some countries do not offer academic TLDs, in which case you can email us directly. If your university does not have an obvious academic domain name, please send an email toacademic@shodan.io, we can manually verify that the domain belongs to the University.

My account has not been upgraded

If you registered with an academic email address but did not upgrade, 请使用您注册时使用的电子邮件地址发送电子邮件至academic@shodan.io

Is membership really a lifetime upgrade?

YES! Becoming a member does not incur any subscription fees - lifetime upgrades require a one-time fee.

Where is my membership?

Shodan memberships are lifetime upgrades and do not expire. If you know you purchased the product but do not see it in your account, you are logged into another account (e.g., Google Social login) and the membership has been attached to that other account.Shodan does not automatically delete, expire, or otherwise remove memberships.

Please note that Shodan treats social login accounts as separate Shodan accounts - even if they share the same email address.

Do you offer student/professor/university discounts?

Yes, we offer free upgrades to students, professors or IT staff at universities. If you create a Shodan account using your academic email address, then you will automatically receive the free upgrade. If you do not receive the upgrade, please use the same email you used to sign up to send an email toAcademic@shodan.io

I can't download the data through the website

Academic users cannot download data through the website. To download data, use the command line interface or API.

This education preferential qualification based on the 2024 shodan official website education preferential policy, edu for sale platform of some of the high-end U.S. edu can be perfect through the shodan academic qualification audit, the subsequent shodan policy changes, please shodan official website shall prevail, you can also please click on the right corner of the lower corner of the online customer service to communicate with the exchange of communication.