Re: GSoC'10

[Michael Pattrick <mpattrick () rhinovirus org>]

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> I imagine that we might have to compile without NSE, as I'm guessing
> that being able to execute arbitrary scripts would break Apple's
> "security model".  And I'm skeptical about whether we'd be able to get
> raw packet scans/sniffing, so it might have to work the way Nmap does
> when you don't have root access (e.g. connect scans).

They did allow at least one scripting language:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/utilities/gscriptbasic.html

That said, I also highly doubt they would allow an application with
the ability to sniff packets onto the appstore. Do they even allow raw
sockets in iPhone apps?

-M
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