Re: Renaming the NSE Script Vault

[Robin Wood <robin () digininja org>]

On 20 July 2012 02:47,  <blake () marigoldtech com> wrote:
> Script Basket? How about Script Biscuits?
>
> Hehe.
>
> "Script Library" seems like a pretty solid idea to me. Script Showcase has the connotation of exhibiting premier 
> scripts, yet they are secondary because they are not shipping with Nmap. Therefore I think Showcase overplays the 
> significance of these scripts. Library on the other hand signifies a valuable resource that can be referred to and 
> 'checked out' once the interest of the Nmap user/developer grows to a level where additional scripts are sought.
>
> Additional consideration: As the Script Library grows there may come a time when the requirement for a more developed 
> interface comes about. A comparable resource for such scripts is the userscripts.org site for consolidating all of 
> the Greasemonkey scripts that have been developed. There are some pitfalls with userscripts.org that should be 
> avoided however. One major one that I have observed is that the installs count has been completely gamed by folks 
> looking to get their script above the fold with automated downloads making that stat worse than worthless. There are 
> noteworthy features of userscripts that can be factored when the time comes however.


Not exactly renaming but it would be nice to have all these scripts in
a single repo so we can just git pull or svn up it to get all these in
one go. I know these scripts are controlled by the people who wrote
them but if a central git repo were created people may be persuaded to
submit the scripts to it.

Robin

> On Jul 19, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Toni Ruottu wrote:
>
> > How about Script Basket?
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> > > Hi folks, I'm happy to see that the NSE Script Vault has been growing
> > > well and contains a lot of scripts which don't ship with Nmap for one
> > > reason or another:
> > >
> > > https://secwiki.org/w/Nmap/Script_Vault
> > >
> > > While it is a great resource, I think it is a poor name.  A vault is
> > > where you lock things away, rarely to be seen again.  But the whole
> > > point of this page is to highlight and encourage this ecosystem of
> > > external scripts.
> > >
> > > How about renameing the page to the Script Showcase instead?  Or maybe
> > > someone has other ideas?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -F
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