Re: Auto-closing XML tags, error messages in XML output

[Brandon Enright <bmenrigh () ucsd edu>]

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On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:14:07 -0600
David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:

> There is this TODO item:
>
> o Nmap should probably always produce a well-formed XML file, even if
>   it exits with a fatal() error.  In that case, the error should be
>   included in the XML.  Right now, for example, if the network is
>   down, the XML output will just stop (no closing tags) and Nmap will
>   print something to STDERR like:
>   nexthost: failed to determine route to 9.48.184.164
>   QUITTING!
>
> I merged what I've been working on in regard to this in r17300.
> Here's a summary of the change.
[...]

This is great.  I rely on XML output heavily.  I just SVN up'd and I'll
get another round of scans going.  I think this is a huge improvement
to Nmap so it's great that you've implemented it so quickly and
apparently smoothly.

I'll report back any issues (or lack of) that I come across.

Brandon

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