Re: implementing nmap in python

["Guilherme Polo" <ggpolo () gmail com>]

2007/8/28, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zoppi () gmail com>:
> On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 17:09 -0300, Guilherme Polo wrote:
> > 2007/8/26, Julius Kuhn <julikr678 () gmail com>:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am currently working on a python program. I mean its basically a shell and
> > > im trying to use nmap to portscan a host. I just wanted to know if there is
> > > an easy way to implement it other then os.system etc.
> >
> > Don't use os.system, use subprocess.
> >
> > > otherwise i would have
> > > to write my own portscanner. Thanks ..
> >
> > I don't believe this reason you are pointing is good enough to make a
> > new portscanner.
> > If you wish to do something like import nmap; nmap.scan(something) and
> > etc, you will need to create a set of nmap bindings for Python, and
> > that will be easier than creating a new portscanner that equals to
> > nmap.
> In order to do something similar, it will be useful a libnmap written in
> C,

Good proposal right there. It doesn't need to be in C, C++ would be
possible too.

> so still your gui it will avoid to start on more process to scan
> hosts.

I didn't understand this. Are you talking about performance ?

> Cheers,
> Giorgio.


-- 
-- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves

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