censys (version 0.1.0)

censys: Tools to access the Censys API

Description

Censys is a search engine that allows computer scientists to ask questions about the devices and networks that compose the Internet. Driven by I nternet-wide scanning, Censys lets researchers find specific hosts and create aggregate reports on how devices, websites, and certificates are configured and deployed.

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Details

The Censys API provides programmatic access to the same data accessible through web interface (https://censys.io/).

You must have both CENSYS_API_ID and CENSYS_API_SECRET present in the R environment for the functions in this package to work. It is highly suggested that you place those in ~/.Renviron at least for interactive work.

Censys tutorial: https://censys.io/tutorial

References

https://censys.io/about; https://censys.io/static/censys.pdf