端口扫描工具（Port Scanner）指用于探测服务器或主机开放端口情况的工具。常被计算机管理员用于确认安全策略，同时被攻击者用于识别目标主机上的可运作的网络服务。

端口扫描定义是客户端向一定范围的服务器端口发送对应请求，以此确认可使用的端口。虽然其本身并不是恶意的网络活动，但也是网络攻击者探测目标主机服务，以利用该服务的已知漏洞的重要手段。端口扫描的主要用途仍然只是确认远程机器某个服务的可用性。

扫描多个主机以获取特定的某个端口被称为端口清扫（Portsweep），以此获取特定的服务。例如，基于SQL服务的计算机蠕虫就会清扫大量主机的同一端口以在 1433 端口上创建TCP连接。

Port scanner is an application designed to probe a server or host for open ports. This is often used by administrators to verify security policies of their networks and by attackers to identify services running on a host and exploit vulnerabilities.

A port scan or portscan is a process that sends client requests to a range of server port addresses on a host, with the goal of finding an active port; this is not a nefarious process in and of itself. The majority of uses of a port scan are not attacks, but rather simple probes to determine services available on a remote machine.