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GSoC : CPE , SCTP ,Update feed
From: ambarisha b <b.ambarisha () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:40:36 +0530
Hi, Since the student application period for GSoC has started, I thought I better start with the real proposal.I was hoping to work on features like conversion of nmap databases into CPE and more.I have written a draft and noted the inputs from: http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q1/989 Currently,I am working on what can be done with the fingerprint line to see if we can sensibly break it so as to be used later with some string matching algorithm. I also read about the update feed mechanism which ,I think, is a crucial feature.I have yet to study the update feed mechanisms of Metasploit vs OpenVAS.I will try to make a draft of advantages of each if needed.I will get back as soon as I have progress to report. One more idea I had in mind was adding SCTP support for NSE.But there was mention of some problems being reported about the SCTP functionality.First that has to be investigated.There are a lot of other things that would be quite useful that are still pending in the todo like using SCTP also for service probing and for OS detection.One instance of the later is noted in the todo.So, I thought having SCTP functionality integrated more strongly into nmap would be a great idea.What is the priority on this? Is anybody already working on it?How would this scale up as a GSoC project for the summer ? Are there any points specific to these ideas that I need to address in the proposal? Cheers Ambarisha _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
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- GSoC : CPE , SCTP ,Update feed ambarisha b (Mar 29)
- Re: GSoC : CPE , SCTP ,Update feed David Fifield (Mar 31)