Re: [NSE] Minor feature enhancement for nbstat.nse

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:09:28PM -0600, Thomas Buchanan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here's a patch for nbstat.nse (and datafiles.lua) that adds the ability
> to look up MAC address manufacturer information and display it alongside
> the MAC address, similar to the way nmap does when scanning IP addresses
> on a local network.  The patch add a capture pattern and associated
> parse function for nmap-mac-prefixes to nselib/datafiles.lua, and then
> utilizes that function in nbstat.nse to lookup MAC address
> manufacturers.
>
> Here's an example of how the output has been changed:
>
> Without patch:
> Host script results:
> | nbstat:
> |   NetBIOS name: LATITUDE, NetBIOS user: <unknown>, NetBIOS MAC:
> 00:1f:3c:6a:38:45
> <snip>
>
> With patch:
> Host script results:
> | nbstat:
> |   NetBIOS name: LATITUDE, NetBIOS user: <unknown>, NetBIOS MAC:
> 00:1f:3c:6a:38:45 (Intel Corporate)
> <snip>
>
> Hopefully somebody else will find this useful, it's been a help to me
> doing network inventory management.

Thanks, Thomas! It's a good idea and I've committed it.

David Fifield
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