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Re: implementing nmap in python
From: "Guilherme Polo" <ggpolo () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:36:22 -0300
2007/8/28, Max <nmap () webwizarddesign com>:
I have been waiting to see if there was a need / desire for a library like Nmap::Scanner in other languages, was thinking of ruby and python as targets nearly two years ago, now that I am hearing there is some interest in that I will port my library to python and ruby, your choice of course whether you wish to use it or not :), seems the Umit crowd has no love for Nmap::Scanner :p, which is fine and a choice I am ok with of course.
It is not that we (can I say we?) from Umit don't love Nmap::Scanner, but, first: it is perl =) Umit is python. Second, I took a look at your lib right now and I saw it uses IPC::Open3, that is just like using subprocess or you can update me since I haven't been using perl lately. Umit already handles the nmap scans using subprocess, and it also has a nmap xml parser and during this GSoC a new database schema was created and it is possible to insert these xml scans into database, but it is still missing somethings that I saw your lib have. Of course I'm not telling you to not port your library to python and ruby (argh ;) Just pointing some reasons why it would be good to have a libnmap like was suggested by Giorgio and why it is not used in Umit.
- Max On 8/28/07, Guilherme Polo <ggpolo () gmail com> wrote:2007/8/28, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zoppi () gmail com>:On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 11:15 -0300, Guilherme Polo wrote:2007/8/28, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zoppi () gmail com>:On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 17:09 -0300, Guilherme Polo wrote:2007/8/26, Julius Kuhn <julikr678 () gmail com>:Hello! I am currently working on a python program. I mean its basically a shell and im trying to use nmap to portscan a host. I just wanted to know if there is an easy way to implement it other then os.system etc.Don't use os.system, use subprocess.otherwise i would have to write my own portscanner. Thanks ..I don't believe this reason you are pointing is good enough to make a new portscanner. If you wish to do something like import nmap; nmap.scan(something) and etc, you will need to create a set of nmap bindings for Python, and that will be easier than creating a new portscanner that equals to nmap.In order to do something similar, it will be useful a libnmap written in C,Good proposal right there. It doesn't need to be in C, C++ would be possible too.Now, i'm doing my master thesis, so i've no time :).so still your gui it will avoid to start on more process to scan hosts.I didn't understand this. Are you talking about performance ?Yes. I suppose that your code does some fork+execv in order to start scanning isn't it? With a libnmap, your gui will need only to register an event or a callback, in order to get scan results.Using subprocess that will happen, yes. A callback would be much better, but what is better is to not rely on OS spawning a new process like that, so many things could go wrong... But I believe that question wasn't to me, since I didn't start this thread.Cheers, Giorgio.-- -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org_______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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