Re: [NSE] Named pipe library

[Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net>]

On Feb 11, 2011, at 08:10 , Chris Woodbury wrote:

> What had you been using before that supported named pipes? Something
> other than the Microsoft management tools?

No, I've been using Microsoft management tools.
Apparently the jtds JDBC driver supports named pipes as well, and I would guess that so do Microsoft JDBC drivers. 

//Patrik

> -chris
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net> wrote:
> > On Feb 11, 2011, at 08:05 , Chris Woodbury wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 11, 2011, at 07:07 , Chris Woodbury wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In the process of adding named-pipe support to the SQL Server scripts,
> > > > > I created an NSE library for named pipes[1]. The primary component is
> > > > > a "named_pipe" class, which is modeled after a socket (i.e. connect(),
> > > > > disconnect(), send(), receive() ), and it is essentially a wrapper
> > > > > around calls to the SMB library, with some state and logic to make
> > > > > things easier.
> > > >
> > > > Nice! I think this will be a very useful addition to the SQL Server scripts.
> > > > I'll gladly test this code once it's supported by the scripts.
> > >
> > > Great! Thanks. I think it will be interesting to see how many SQL
> > > Server instances are only available via named pipes. It's not
> > > something I had previously paid much attention.
> >
> > Quite a few I believe and now they will be accessible through Nmap and wont require me to switch tools.
> >
> > > > I noticed a description in the library that shouldn't be there, have a look at the other libraries on how this 
> > > > should be documented.
> > >
> > > Oops. Is this right?
> > >
> > > ===Patch===
> > > @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
> > > -- -*- mode: lua -*-
> > > -- vim: set filetype=lua :
> > >
> > > -description = [[
> > > -A library that implements Windows named pipes over SMB. The implementation
> > > -centers around the <code>named_pipe</code> class, which is essentially a
> > > -case-specific wrapper around the <code>smb.lua</code> library.
> > > -]]
> > > +--- A library that implements Windows named pipes over SMB. The implementation
> > > +--   centers around the <code>named_pipe</code> class, which is essentially a
> > > +--   case-specific wrapper around the <code>smb.lua</code> library.
> > > +--
> > > +--
> > > +--   @copyright Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
> > > +--
> > > +--   @author "Chris Woodbury"
> > > +--
> > >
> > > -author = "Chris Woodbury"
> > > -
> > > -license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html";
> > > -
> > > module(... or "namedpipes", package.seeall)
> > >
> > > require("smb")
> > > ===Patch===
> >
> > That looks good to me.
> >
> > > > //Patrik
> > > > --
> > > > Patrik Karlsson
> > > > http://www.cqure.net
> > > > http://www.twitter.com/nevdull77
> > >
> > > -chris
> >
> >
> > //Patrik
> > --
> > Patrik Karlsson
> > http://www.cqure.net
> > http://www.twitter.com/nevdull77

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