Project Patchwatch

The Patchwatch project

We are a group of students at Esslingen University scanning the internet to gain insights into network security. If u want us to stop scanning your IP range, get in touch with us (via the contact information listed below).

Project Information

Here you can find all the relevant information about our project.

Who are you?

We are a group of students at Esslingen University trying to understand more about network security aspects in todays internet. For this reason we try to gather public information about services which are exposed to the internet and their security properties.

What will you do with the acquired data?

We do NOT sell, share or make any of the acquired data public. We use the acquired data for our own research. We want to explore how seriously security concerns are taken by different groups of users, companies, etc. With this regard we try to find out more about what vulnerable services are exposed to the internet, who is exposing them and whether vulnerable services are ignored or patched at some later time.

Can you exclude my IP (range) from scanning?

Of course! Just contact us through patchwatch-it@hs-esslingen.de and we'll add your IP (range) to our exceptions.