Re: Nmap NSE HTTP Script Submit

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 06:06:37AM +0530, Vikas Singhal wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Michael Springer <
> mr.michael.springer () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >  This script returns the 'server' header in http responses. Useful to
> > quickly know what server the web service says its running.
> >
> > PORT    STATE SERVICE
> > 80/tcp  open  http
> > |_http-server: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix) PHP/5.3.2
> >
> > Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.60 seconds
> >
> > Been useful for me, I thought I'd share. ~ Mike
>
> Isn't that already done by nmap -sV (version check) ?

Thanks Michael. Do you have a reason to prefer this script over version
detection or the http-headers script?

One suggestion for your script: Use shortport.http instead of a manual
portrule for HTTP scripts; that includes several HTTP-like services like
IPP on port 631.

David Fifield
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