Re: [NSE script] vhosts on the same ip

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:26:20PM -0700, Fyodor wrote:
> > I've written a NSE script that queries search.live.com for host names 
> > using the same IP.
>
> That's a neat idea.
>
> > I don't like the fact that it uses an external search engine to get 
> > this information but I think the usefulness of the information 
> > outweighs this.
>
> This is an issue we've seen with many scripts so far.  I think we
> should probably add a category for scripts which query 3rd party
> databases (search engines, dns servers, etc.) and it should also be
> documented in the script description.  I'm adding this to the Nmap
> TODO in case anyone wants to take it.  I think the key goals are:
>
>   o Decide on category name
>   o Add the category to the relevant scripts
>   o Document the category in docs/scripting.xml
>   o Add the details to the script description field for each of the
>     scripts.

How about "external" for a category name?

David Fifield

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