RE: [NSE] nmap timing info for scripts

["Thomas Buchanan" <TBuchanan () thecompassgrp net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org 
> [mailto:nmap-dev-bounces () insecure org] On Behalf Of Eddie Bell
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:59 PM
> To: nmap-dev () insecure org
> Cc: Thomas Buchanan
> Subject: Re: [NSE] nmap timing info for scripts
>
> Just hacked this up. Maybe we could add it to stdnes.lua along with
> Thomas's patch. At least this way script could be uniform in their
> timing policies with an option to deviate if needed.
>
> -- Get standard timeout duration based on nmap's current timing level
> -- Duration ranges from 20 seconds for T0 to 1 second for T5
> function get_timeout()
>         t = { 20000, 15000, 10000, 5000, 3000, 1000 }
>         return t[nmap.timing()+1]
> end
>
> Called like this
>
> sock:set_timeout(stdnse.get_timeout())
>
> - eddie

This seems like a good idea to me.  Another thought I had regarding
timing was the ability to wait between socket connect attempts.  Lua
doesn't seem to have a built-in sleep() function, as far as I can tell.
Would there be value in adding something like that to the nmap NSE
library?

Thomas

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