Re: getting started with nmap developement

[kaushik saurabh <roideuniverse () gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Ron <ron () skullsecurity net> wrote:

> kaushik saurabh wrote:
> > hi,   i am new to nmap,
> >    and i wanted to contribute in development of nmap
> >    i have gone through the website nmap.org
> >    but i dont know where to get started?
> >
> > i got to know about nmap through google summer of code, and i m
> interested
> > in working with a mentoring organization in networking field, and i found
> > nmap.
> > Can anybody tell me where should i get started.?
> >
> > Greetings,
> > roide
>
> I recommend teaching yourself lua and either writing or improving
> scripts. There are probably thousando of potentially useful scripts, and
> only about 60 written.
>
> A neat idea I had that may or may not be possible is a script that
> interacts with filesharing ports (limewire, gnutella, whatever) and
> tells you all the information possible. Pulling a list of shared files
> would be really cool, if do-able. That's just a random thought, but
> scripts are definitely the way to go if you want to help out.
>
> Ron
>
> --
> Ron Bowes
> http://www.skullsecurity.org/

hi Ron,
i dont know lua, but i m ready to teach myself lua.
and i hv no previous experience with scripts as well.

i know c/c++ but i hv never done any scripting in that.
and i m a rookie in python.

Your idea is cool. :)
i like it.
But do u think that if i start learning lua, and scripts, frm right now,
 will i be in a position to prepare a strong application for gsoc?
networking+gsoc are my top priorities right now. and when i read about nmap
i got fascinated with it. i m a quick learner and learning basic stuffs of
lua will not take me more than 10 days.

I read somewhere that nmap was written in c/c++.

Greetings.
roide

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