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Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip
From: Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:01:51 -0700
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 11:19:54AM -0600, David Fifield wrote:
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:26:20PM -0700, Fyodor wrote: How about "external" for a category name?
Sounds good to me! I also think each "external" script should include at least a line describing what it does (query live.com, query dns-oarc.net, etc.) in its description. After all, there are several good reasons people might be wary of running "external" scripts: o Connectivity -- If you're running a scan on an internal network, you might not have direct access to these Internet hosts. o Privacy -- if they're worried about the 3rd party (or someone sniffing along the way) collecting the data. But _usually_ the external scripts aren't a problem. And some scripts really can't be written in any other way, so it is important that we have them. We just need to warn users so they can be avoided in those occasional cases where they are undesirable. At some point I expect that the --script arguments will be flexible enough that you can specify things like "all safe scripts, except those in the externals category" using syntax such as "--script safe,!external". In fact, Patrick may already have a patch which does this. Though we'll need to brainstorm on nmap-dev to figure out the best approach. Cheers, -F _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip : copyright issues eldraco (Aug 25)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip Fyodor (Sep 02)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip David Fifield (Sep 05)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip Kris Katterjohn (Sep 05)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip jah (Sep 05)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Sep 05)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip David Fifield (Sep 05)
- Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip Fyodor (Sep 05)
- "external" script category David Fifield (Sep 09)