Re: New syntax for Ncat --allow and --deny

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 09:13:23PM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:57:38AM -0700, David Fifield wrote:
>
> Ncat's parser is a reimplementation of the parser in Nmap's
> TargetGroup.cc. Believe me, I felt bad about that. I decided that
> reimplementing it was the right thing for a few reasons. First, Ncat is
> a pure C program with no dependencies on any (C++) Nmap files. Linking
> with TargetGroup.o would change that. Second, I wanted support for IPv6
> netmasks. Third, I had a neat idea for representing IPv4 ranges as bit
> vectors.

It could always be moved to nbase and shared between nmap and ncat if
that turned out to be desirable.  Though, as you note, perhaps the
uses are different enough that it isn't worthwhile.

Cheers,
-F

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