Re: nmap+V

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Paul Tod Rieger wrote:

> As for version scanning with nmap, I'd like to see banner scanning as well.
> The regexp parsing leaves out too much information for me.  For instance, I
> not only want to know what version of Sendmail is running but also the
> hostname and the date; not only what version of Apache is running but also
> where the root document is (another machine?), when was it last modified,
> and what exactly is that spammer trying to sell me.  :-)

This is exactly why I am not sure that adding version # detection is
worthwhile.  People won't be satisfied with simple version numbers!  As
you say, they always want to probe for more info.  This is why I am
considering ONLY worrying about service protocol detection while leaving
version + application specific probes to modules that run later (or
another program entirely).

Cheers,
-Fyodor



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