Re: Ncat portable for Windows (static edition)

[Jonathan R <agentsmith15 () gmail com>]

We might be able to use the basic version of ThinApp (made by VMware) to
create a standalone file. Their intro suggests that drivers are not a
problem so we might want to check into it.

http://www.vmware.com/products/thinapp/overview.html



http://www.vmware.com/pdf/thinapp_intro.pdf

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Shinnok <admin () shinnok com> wrote:

> Freakin' e-mail client! Sorry for no linewrap at 80, now nobody is going to
> read my e-mail..
>
>
> On 6/19/2011 9:06 PM, Shinnok wrote:
>
> > Hi nmap-dev,
> >
> > I managed to build a portable version of Ncat, by creating a full static
> > build, that requires no additional libraries to run but the executable
> > itself(ssl included).
> >
> > The preview build is based on the following revision:
> > Ncat revision: r24131
> > Ncat version: Ncat: Version 5.52.IPv6.Beta2 ( http://nmap.org/ncat )
> >
> > http://trunk.shinnok.com/ncat.**exe <http://trunk.shinnok.com/ncat.exe> -
> > 1,631 KB
> >
> > And since the bald static build of Ncat is rather large(pentesters are
> > angry), I uploaded an Upx'ed version too, which is considerably
> > smaller(pentesters are happy now):
> > http://trunk.shinnok.com/ncat_**upx.exe<http://trunk.shinnok.com/ncat_upx.exe>- 540 KB
> >
> > And because you shouldn't trust random Windows binaries just because I say
> > so
> > here are virus total links for both executables( :-) ):
> > http://goo.gl/1AsCy
> > http://goo.gl/zY3ip
> >
> > The binaries have been tested on the following version of MS Windows:
> > * Window 7 Professional x86
> > * Window 7 Professional SP1 x64
> > * Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
> > * Windows XP Professional SP2
> > * Windows XP Professional SP3
> >
> > Attached to this e-mail you can find the full step by step instructions
> >  on how to build this static version of Ncat portable.
> >
> > Fyodor, David, should I add this how to file the nmap svn? If so mswin32/
> > or ncat/ ? It already resides in my nmap-exp directory along with a patch
> > that does all that's in the how-to, except the ssl build.
> >
> > Additional context for the Ncat portable issue:
> > http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/**2011/q2/638<http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q2/638>
> >
> > ------------------------------**----
> > WinPcap rant:
> >
> > As you will probably notice from the build how to, I removed WinPcap
> > dependency and linking, since I don't really see why Ncat would need to link
> > against it. I don't think Nmap does any raw socket stuff like ip headers
> > editing or packet packet capture(?). Even if it did, WinPcap  would have
> > ruined this fun for good, since you can't really link statically against
> > it(at least the free version), because WinPcap currently is formed of these
> > three components:
> >
> > * wpcap.dll - the WinPcap api library(the interface to client code)
> > * npf.sys     - a kernel driver that does the packet interception ;
> > multiple versions for each architecture and kernel release
> > * packet.dll - the interface to npf.sys, only used by wpcap.dll ; multiple
> > versions for each architecture
> >
> > This kind of structure(especially because of the kernel driver), makes
> > bundling WinPcap to a binary by linker means impossible.
> > The only way to create a portable version of Ncat if we were to need
> > WinPcap, is to create a bundled executable either in the form of a self
> > extracting archive or something more exotic like portable apps provides(
> > http://portableapps.**com/development<http://portableapps.com/development>),
> > which does kind of the same thing afaik.
> >
> > Have fun,
> > Shinnok
> >
> > --
> > http://shinnok.com
>
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