Re: [NSE] comm.lua setup_connect should connect to host.ip in preference to host.targetname

[jah <jah () zadkiel plus com>]

On 05/04/2010 18:47, David Fifield wrote:
> The patch looks completely correct to me. You can commit it. As it is
> now, host.ip will always be available.
>   
OK, done.
> Not now. When proxy scanning is implemented, it could potentially be
> possible to scan a host only knowing its hostname, relying on the proxy
> to resolve the name. That may not happen, because the easier (less
> anonymous) approach would be for Nmap to resolve the name and pass the
> IP address to the proxy, plus not all proxy types support name
> resolution. Using the proxy to resolve names is interesting, because
> then you could use Nmap to port scan Tor .onion names.
>   
This will be muy cool.  It'll be an interesting discussion on how such a
feature will affect NSE...

Cheers David,

jah
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