Re: [Patch] Badly named output files

[Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>]

Jay,

Nicely done. I have definitely run afoul of Nmap's extreme permissibility
when it comes to output filenames before. I've tested this patch and it
works well. I especially like that it has instructions on how to override
the check. I also tested on Windows, and it has no problem with the
backslash ("/") instead of the more usual forward slash ("\") as a
directory separator, so I don't think it needs a #ifdef there. Please
commit!

Dan


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Jay Bosamiya <jaybosamiya () gmail com> wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> d33tah on IRC said, "i'm getting the impression that maybe nmap should
> warn me if i do something as stupid as -oX -sV logfile.txt"
>
> I personally feel that it should not be a warning but an error (with
> nmap quitting).
>
> Attached is a patch that does this (and for other output types as well).
> It shows the error messages similar to "Output filename begins with '-'.
> Try '-oX ./-sV' if you really want it to be named as such. QUITTING."
>
> I also have added in some error checking for "-oA -" which should not be
> allowed IMHO.
>
> Feedback is welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> Jay
>
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