Re: update to nmap-mac-prefixes

[Robin Wood <robin@digi.ninja>]

On 17 June 2015 at 16:12, Jacek Wielemborek <d33tah () gmail com> wrote:
> W dniu 17.06.2015 o 16:48, Robin Wood pisze:
> > I can understand script dependancies changing and being a pain to
> > maintain but what about datafiles like this one? How often does the
> > format of these change?
> >
> > Robin
>
> I second the question - I wouldn't expect the datafiles to rely on
> implementation changes as much as NSE. Maybe instead of nmap-update, an
> NSE binding for pulling the datafiles would be feasible? I mean
> something like:
>
> nmap --script=update-datafiles

Also, if the script pulled down the raw data then it would parse it
into the file format it required so whatever version of the script a
user has the file created will be appropriate for them.

A flaw with this is if the provider changes the file format, the best
way around this would be to have some very solid validity checking and
keep a backup of the previous datafile in case a problem is found.

Robin
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