Port Authority (Donate) on Windows Pc
Developed By: Aaron Wood
License: Free
Rating: 4,8/5 - 16 votes
Last Updated: April 18, 2024
App Details
| Version |
2.4.5-donate |
| Size |
1 MB |
| Release Date |
September 12, 22 |
| Category |
Tools Apps |
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What's New:
- Fix (for now) issue that broke host scans on Android 12 and 13. See https://github.com/aaronjwood/PortAuthority/issues/151 for more details [see more]
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Description from Developer:
This is the donate version of the free Port Authority app. It is exactly the same as the free version except for the extra support from you :)
A handy systems and security-focused... [read more]
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About this app
On this page you can download Port Authority (Donate) and install on Windows PC. Port Authority (Donate) is free Tools app, developed by Aaron Wood. Latest version of Port Authority (Donate) is 2.4.5-donate, was released on 2022-09-12 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of Port Authority (Donate) is 4,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 16 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 13 users had rated it 1*.
How to install Port Authority (Donate) on Windows?
Instruction on how to install Port Authority (Donate) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop
In this post, I am going to show you how to install Port Authority (Donate) on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...
Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.
[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.
Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.
If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!
Step By Step Guide To Install Port Authority (Donate) using BlueStacks
- Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
- Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
- Once installed, click "Port Authority (Donate)" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D
[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more
[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.
How to install Port Authority (Donate) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer
- Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
- Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
- The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Port Authority (Donate)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.
Discussion
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This is the donate version of the free Port Authority app. It is exactly the same as the free version except for the extra support from you :)
A handy systems and security-focused tool, Port Authority is a very fast port scanner. Port Authority also allows you to quickly discover hosts on your network and will display useful network information about your device and other hosts.
One of the fastest port scanners with host discovery on the market! Host discovery is typically performed in less than 5 seconds. If the device you're scanning drops packets, it takes about 10 seconds to scan 1000 ports. If the device you're scanning rejects packets, it takes less than 30 seconds to scan all 65,535 ports!
Features
* Heavily threaded, no more waiting for results one at a time
* LAN host discovery
* Public IP discovery
* MAC address vendor detection
* LAN/WAN host TCP port scanning
* Custom port range scans
* Open discovered HTTP(S) services to browser
* Lightweight service fingerprinting (SSH/HTTP(S) server type and version)
* DNS record lookups supporting almost every record type
* Wake-on-LAN for LAN hosts
How are scans so fast?
This application makes heavy use of threading. Because most of the operations performed are I/O bound a lot more threads can be used than the number of cores on a device. In fact, one of the most intensive parts of the application is updating the UI during scans. This has gone through many optimizations but still remains a bit of a hotspot.
I have a lower end and/or older device, will this work?
Absolutely! Just lower the number of threads that are used for port scans in the settings. I'm always working on improving the efficiency and memory footprint of the application, and things have been greatly improved since the original version!
I keep getting crashes when scanning a large range of ports
The crash is most likely an out of memory exception that is occurring due to using too many threads. Lower your port scan thread count in the settings. The right value will be highly dependent on the device and its hardware.
I'm getting a warning that says this application is trying to send email
A few users have reported that a warning pops up on their device, warning them that this application is trying to send mail. This is caused by various security software so you can be assured (or just look at the code yourself) that I'm not sending mail.
Some security software looks at where traffic is coming and going from the device and takes certain actions for certain cases. If you're running any kind of port scan that includes port 25 (SMTP) this will most likely be flagged. Even though no data is being sent to that port the security software will see an outbound connection to an SMTP service and throw up a warning. Obviously this is a very bad check but some security tools are better than others and may actually look for data flowing out to port 25 to see if there's really anything happening.
I'm not finding some of the hosts/devices on my LAN
If you're finding that some devices aren't responding in time you should increase the host scan timeout setting, just be aware that it will cause host scans to take longer. In some cases it may be worth trading time for accuracy.
I'm not finding open ports that I know are truly open
You can now adjust the timeout for connections made to ports when performing either LAN or WAN scans. If you're scanning something over WAN (mobile network if you're using a cell phone) please be aware that scanning is best effort. Mobile carriers may detect that a real port scan is occurring and apply traffic shaping dynamically, or they may just start terminating the connections entirely. Additionally, if you happen to have poor signal or to not have 4G the quality of the network connection may be so poor that you'll need to have a fairly high timeout in order to tolerate latency spikes.
This software is 100% free and open source https://github.com/aaronjwood/PortAuthority
- Fix (for now) issue that broke host scans on Android 12 and 13. See https://github.com/aaronjwood/PortAuthority/issues/151 for more details
