Re: dev Digest, Vol 148, Issue 2

[Deepthi Gunasekara <deepthigunasekara1994 () gmail com>]

how should we add the features on the source code and where to?

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:53 PM, <dev-request () nmap org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: new line added to latest nmap? (Daniel Miller)
>    2. Re: Password Profiling and Password Mangling Libraries
>       (George Chatzisofroniou)
>    3. On issue #99 on github (Deepthi Gunasekara)
>    4. Error when launch Zenmap on Mac OS X Sierra (Oktay Tajahmady)
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> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 15:38:32 -0500
> From: Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>
> To: "Mike ." <dmciscobgp () hotmail com>
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> Subject: Re: new line added to latest nmap?
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> This output line means that you used either --defeat-rst-ratelimit or
> --open. Nmap 7.40 and later began using the --open option to imply
> --defeat-rst-ratelimit, since the only difference in results with the
> latter is a possible confusion between closed and filtered ports;
> --open hides both of those, so there ought to be no confusion anyway,
> unless you're looking at the "Not shown: 997 closed ports" line, which
> may now show something more like "Not shown: 877 filtered ports, 120
> closed ports." The message you mentioned is intended to prevent
> possible misreading of that line.
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> Skipping the extra work and slowdown needed (for some systems) to
> detect the difference between closed and filtered ports ought to
> result in a speedup for users who elect the --open option.
>
> Dan
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Mike . <dmciscobgp () hotmail com> wrote:
> > can someone elaborate on this new output line that has been added?
> >
> >
> > Some closed ports may be reported as filtered due to
> --defeat-rst-ratelimit
> > is this something new now we see in the wild on hosts?
> >
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> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 17:25:40 +0300
> From: George Chatzisofroniou <sophron () latthi com>
> To: Wong Wai Tuck <wongwaituck () gmail com>
> Cc: "dev () nmap org" <dev () nmap org>
> Subject: Re: Password Profiling and Password Mangling Libraries
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> Dan proposed to include all profiling code to unpwdb (instead of a
> separate pwdprofile library) [1] and I too believe it's better that
> way.
>
> I'm not sure I understand the "pwdprofile.parse_html" method. Parsing
> or decoding various formats is not part of the password profiler. It
> is the script's responsibility to parse or decode this data and then
> pass any interesting candidate phrases to profiler (e.g. with your
> "add_phrase" method).
>
> [1]: http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2017/q1/48
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> George
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Wong Wai Tuck <wongwaituck () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I will be working on the password profiling library and password mangling
> > library in the coming weeks. This is a follow up from the improvements
> and
> > discussions first proposed by my mentor George [1] and the improvements
> > suggested by Dan [2]. Below shows the design plan for the two libraries.
> >
> >
> > pwdprofile.lua
> > The aim of this library is to keep track of possible username/password
> > candidates that are found from other scripts (e.g. http-title,
> http-passwd)
> > so that they can be used in the later part (for bruteforcing or to export
> > out to another program). pwdprofile.lua will also help to keep track of
> > which are the information gathering scripts that should run first, so
> that
> > they can simply be simply included into current brute scripts (e.g.
> > ftp-brute). By default, all information gathering scripts will log the
> > candidates to the library, and an optional argument will allow the user
> to
> > specify if he wishes export the list out to a csv file.
> >
> > Script Args
> > pwdprofile.export_file: the file to export data to, Default: nil
> > pwdprofile.disable: disables pwdprofile, no new candidates will be added,
> > Default false
> > pwdprofile.custom_file: the file to import candidates from, Default nil
> > pwdprofile.by_subnets: comma separated list of subnets that passwords
> will
> > be aggregated by, rather than on a global basis Default nil
> > pwdprofile.by_host: enables aggregation by host, rather than a global
> > aggregation, Default false
> >
> > Script Constants:
> > pwdprofile.STOP_WORDS_EN: a table of stopwords common in the English
> > language
> > pwdprofile.PWDPROFILE_SCRIPTS: a table of scripts that adds password
> > candidates to pwdprofile
> >
> > Script methods:
> > pwdprofile.add_word(host, keyword): saves a word verbatim to the password
> > profile table. As new words are added, if the export option is specified,
> > the word is also added to the file.
> >
> > pwdprofile.add_phrase(host, phrase, include_stop_words): parses a phrase
> for
> > unique words, optionally including stop words like 'the' [3]. Calls
> add_word
> > to add words. Default value for include_stop_words: false
> >
> > pwdprofile.parse_html(host, html, include_stop_words): parses the given
> html
> > page (as a string) for unique words, optionally including stop words like
> > 'the'.
> >
> > pwdprofile.get_candidates(host): returns the table containing the
> > username/password candidates that apply to the current host, given the
> > arguments, whether it is global (default), by subnet, or by host
> >
> >
> > pwdmangle.lua
> > The aim of this library is to provide an interface to stream possible
> > username password candidates into the iterator in unpwdb. By default, no
> > mangling is done so it streams whatever was originally in unpwdb. When
> rules
> > are provided, it will mangle the passwords provided by unpwdb and
> > pwdprofile, applying the rules given to generate additional words on the
> fly
> > through lazy evaluation. While I have yet to write something like this
> > before, I believe it can be done through a stateful class, where each
> brute
> > script will call unpwdb to create a new instance of pwdmangle, and stream
> > the password accordingly, so ideally the code for the brute scripts won't
> > change, but changes will be made to unpwdb such that the next suggested
> > password to use will be from pwdmangle.
> >
> > Script Arguments
> > pwdmangle.rules: file that specifies the rules to apply. Rules can
> include
> > our own (e.g. 1337 speak substitution) and those used by password
> crackers
> > [4]. In the new domain specific language we specify the rules in, we
> should
> > be able to combine lists, specify which particular list we are mangling
> (the
> > unpwdb provided one, the pwdprofile, or the custom wordlists via their
> index
> > in the comma separated arguments) or if we are mangling all lists
> globally.
> > Default nil
> > pwdmangle.wordlists: custom wordlist(s) provided by the user,comma
> > separated; Default nil
> > pwdmangle.ignore_default: ignores the default list given by unpwdb.
> Default:
> > false
> > pwdmangle.export: exports the passwordlist generated out to the file
> > provided. Useful for debugging passwords
> >
> > Class Mangler(host, unpwdb_passwds, wordlists, rules): constructor that
> > creates a new instance of Mangler based on the host, the password lists
> and
> > the rules specified in the arguments. The default instance simply does
> what
> > unpwdb does currently, and doesn't do any mangling. Otherwise, it
> creates a
> > stateful instance which keeps track of what the next password should be
> > based on what has been generated before and the rules given, and
> dynamically
> > generate them.
> >
> > mangler.get_next_password() returns the next password candidate based on
> the
> > current state of the object, or nil if there are no more passwords to
> > iterate through. The original passwords (given by unpwdb and pwdprofile
> are
> > prioritized first, followed by the rules applied).
> >
> > unpwdb
> > Modifications will be made to unpwdb to get passwords from pwdmangle,
> > passing in the original table so that if the user wants to apply the
> > mangling strategies to the original password list they can do so as well,
> > without breaking support for existing scripts users may have written.
> >
> > The dependencies will be as such
> > brute-script ----depends on----> unpwdb ---> pwdmangle --->pwdprofile
> >
> > Scripts affected by this change
> > discover/version/vuln/exploit scripts (adding useful information to
> > pwdprofile)
> > *-brute scripts (adding dependencies)
> > unpwdb
> >
> > Do let me know if you have any feedback for the design plan for the two
> > libraries!
> >
> > [1]: http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2016/q2/46
> > [2]: http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2017/q1/67
> > [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_words
> > [4]: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=rule_based_attack
> >
> > With Regards
> > Wai Tuck
> >
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> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:30:22 +0530
> From: Deepthi Gunasekara <deepthigunasekara1994 () gmail com>
> To: dev () nmap org
> Subject: On issue #99 on github
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> I am Deepthi from Sri Lanka and I am so interesting on network side and I
> am so excited to work on a new experince as i thought to work on #99 issue
> <https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/99> and i tried to look into the
> repository on github. How can i involve on enhancement and how can i build
> that project?
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> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:23:11 +0200
> From: Oktay Tajahmady <oktay () tajahmady info>
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> Subject: Error when launch Zenmap on Mac OS X Sierra
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> Hi,
>
> I have installed Zenmap 7.50 on Mac OS X Sierra and when i want to run it
> i have this error.
>
> Jul  3 20:02:53 Zenmap[1003]: /Applications/Zenmap.app/
> Contents/MacOS/zenmap.bin
> Jul  3 20:03:06 Zenmap[1003]: Failed to execute applescript with admin
> privileges, trying without.
> Jul  3 20:03:06 Zenmap[1003]: Failed to execute applescript at all.
>
> I have a window asking me to enter my password
>
> I have Zenmap 6.47 before and work fine, it happen just when i upgrade
> Zenmap.
>
> Regards,
> Oktay Tajahmady
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