Re: [NSE] Script Idea: nmap last run

[Patrik Karlsson <patrik () cqure net>]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Toni Ruottu <toni.ruottu () iki fi> wrote:

> Maybe nmap could have a command line option for saving results in a
> file with the current time as the base file name. Then people who
> wanted this feature could always throw in that option with their
> scans. It would then be possible to rename the results afterwards when
> they turn out to be useful or delete them when they don't. I think the
> biggest challenge at the moment is to invent file names for each and
> every scan. "Just save them somewhere" would be a lot easier to
> include among the options.
>
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
> <buanzo () buanzo com ar> wrote:
> > That behaviour should be configurable somehow, I'd prefer that to be
> > off by default. I wouldnt like to leave results around.
> >
> >
> > On 7/22/12, Vikas Singhal <vikas.programmer () gmail com> wrote:
> > > Hi Peeps,
> > >
> > > We have all encountered this issue when we run a scan and see sweet
> things
> > > on target and then you think if only I could save this output without
> > > rerunning the scan, but you have to do it anyways!
> > >
> > > If that was confusing, my idea is to capture the nmap scan in a temp
> file
> > > even if the -oX is not specified so that if you missed capturing that
> scan
> > > output on a file you could just do:
> > >
> > > $ nmap --save-last-run=<filename>
> > >
> > > What do you guys think? Let me know if someone has already built it.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Vikas Singhal
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Wouldn't that be possible with a simple alias and the current support of
strftime-like conversions in the filename?
http://nmap.org/book/man-output.html

//Patrik
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