RE: How do YOU use Nmap XML?

["Sean Warnock" <swarnock () warnocksolutions com>]

        Well I am relatively new to the community Nmap.  I am also a
Windows admin.  Doesn't this sound like an AA meating ;).  I find the
XML format is my preferred file output format.  I can use the XML format
as a simple way of just view a class C network scan in a web browser.  I
actually find this output is easier to read as compared to StdOut.  I
have not become very advanced with Nmap output but I have used an
unnamed spreadsheet program to sort the data.  XML imports quite easily
into a couple of the spreadsheet applications out there.  Finally, the
programming and scripting that I do has been done with Microsoft tools.
MS has done a poor job of documenting there RegEx implementation however
there XML documentation is very good.  Hope this provides a little
insight into the newbie use of XML output.

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Fyodor [mailto:fyodor () insecure org] 
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:48 PM
To: nmap-dev () insecure org
Subject: How do YOU use Nmap XML?

I am currently working on a chapter for the O'Reilly Nmap book which
covers all of the Nmap output formats.  The normal, grepable, and even
s|<riPt KidDi3 output formats are relatively straightforward.
However, I believe that the XML output is under-utilized because many
people fail to recognize the power of the format or don't understand
all the tools for processing and transforming XML.  Even I'm in the
latter category, though I'm working on it.

Documenting Nmap XML well is a first step toward improving the
situation.  So this is a call for suggestions to all you XML advocates
out there.  In what ways do you use the Nmap XML output?  Do you parse
it from within a higher level program, transform it to HTML with XSLT,
use it to
populate a database, use XPath to parse the results from the
command-line in a way that is as easy as awk/sec/cut/etc. on the
normal output, or something else entirely?  Any detailed description
of how you use Nmap XML would be appreciated.  Sample code or
command-lines would be handy as well.

Thanks,
Fyodor

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