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Re: why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files??
From: Ryan Giobbi <ryan () tgbemail com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:31:51 -0400
I prefer the simplicity of text files. On 4/16/11, Gulshan Kumar <gulshan.yaadav () gmail com> wrote:
Hi, Nmap maintains databases for os-detection and service-detection along with other databases in different data-files. Also it sends probes (and packets) for various detection purposes to the target based on some conditions. Wouldn't it be beneficial to have some sort of database management system (may be sqlite if looking for light with no explicit server requirement) to maintain this ever-increasing data (in terms of amount of data per file as well as no. of files). If it was like reading a data file sequentially from beginning to end-of-file for each reading, data files would serve good enough. May be i m wrong here, although I know that in some cases nmap has to go sequentially through whole data-file. But based on some condition checks (and hoping to have increase in data in these files in future continuously), it should be better to have some sort of dbms support in nmap!!! I am not suggesting that it would bring a huge increase in efficiency of Nmap (at least not in near future) but should act as enhancement for nmap. Before sending to mailing list,tried a google search with query: site:http://seclists.org/nmap-dev database OR sql OR postgres But could not find any discussions about this in first two pages. Views please!!! Also correct me if you don't mind.. _______________________________________________ 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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Current thread:
- why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files?? Gulshan Kumar (Apr 16)
- Re: why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files?? Ryan Giobbi (Apr 16)
- Re: why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files?? Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Apr 16)
- Re: why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files?? Ryan Giobbi (Apr 16)
- Re: why is there no databases in nmap instead of text files?? Ryan Giobbi (Apr 16)