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Re: implementing nmap in python
From: Max <nmap () webwizarddesign com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:01:31 -0400
On 8/28/07, Guilherme Polo <ggpolo () gmail com> wrote:
It is not that we (can I say we?) from Umit don't love Nmap::Scanner, but, first: it is perl =) Umit is python. Second, I took a look at your lib right now and I saw it uses IPC::Open3, that is just like using subprocess or you can update me since I haven't been using perl lately. Umit already handles the nmap scans using subprocess, and it also has a nmap xml parser and during this GSoC a new database schema was created and it is possible to insert these xml scans into database, but it is still missing somethings that I saw your lib have.
Of course I'm not telling you to not port your library to python and ruby (argh ;) Just pointing some reasons why it would be good to have a libnmap like was suggested by Giorgio and why it is not used in Umit.
Ah, ok, makes sense. This is interesting (libnmap), about 4-5 years ago I expressed a wish to have a libnmap, before I started on Nmap::Scanner .. I didn't have the time to explore the idea with code and solicited for help, but no one was interested at that point si I wrote my sub-process based library. Fyodor at that time also stated that he preferred to have post-processing tools use nmap output in order to not tie nmap down to the complexity of exposing its' functionality in library form. Fyodor, have you changed your mind on that? How do you feel about having a libnmap now that you have all this SoC talent around to help? :) - Max _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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