Re: Fwd: GSOC projects script writer(discovery)

[david <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:57:09AM +0530, Indula Nayanamith wrote:
> On 4/26/13, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 04:02:21PM +0530, Indula Nayanamith wrote:
> > > I am studying at  Department of Computer Science and
> > > engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I am interested in
> > > network
> > > and system work. I used a network management tool called nedi[1] which is
> > > a
> > > collection of perl scripts and I work with the code to tailor it to the
> > > organization i worked during the training period. Nedi had a unique
> > > discovery technique using CDP and LLDP. I worked with network discovery
> > > protocols and we tested some commercial applications like solarwind[2]and
> > > also NMAP to improve nedi and learn mechanisms to use in discovery.From
> > > then, i am interested in network discovery techniques and protocols. I
> > > enjoyed learning about network discovery protocols and techniques. I saw
> > > your scripting position and i would love to work on network discovery
> > > scripts.Also I am good with c programming.
> > > I am confident that with little guidance and smart work i can complete
> > > this
> > > and contribute to nmap community. I went through initial idea and have
> > > some
> > > questions on this
> > > can you give me some ideas on network discovery techniques and protocols
> > > you are interested.
> >
> > Thanks for your interest. You will want to start by reading the host
> > discovery section in the Nmap man page.
> >
> > http://nmap.org/book/man-host-discovery.html
> >
> > Then I recommend that you look at some of the scripts that do network
> > discovery.
> >
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-echo.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-invalid-dst.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-mld.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/targets-ipv6-multicast-slaac.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/broadcast-dhcp-discover.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/broadcast-dhcp6-discover.html
> > http://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/broadcast-dns-service-discovery.html
> >
> > David Fifield
> Hi david,
> I worked on your guidelines and I am interested in neighbor discovery
> using LLDP and CDP[1].I worked on this when i study network discovery
> tool called nedi[2]. Using LLDP we can get details about remote host i
> have given MIB details here[3]
> also i am interested in IPv6 because ip am doing my final year project
> on XLAT[4] which is related to IPv6 deployment. Can you point me to
> new script ideas related to IPv6.

You can search https://secwiki.org/w/Nmap/Script_Ideas for "IPv6", but
there doesn't appear to be much. There is also
https://secwiki.org/w/GSoC_community_ideas#New_IPv6_OS_scan_features.

> and how many script ideas do we need to include in our proposal

It depends on how big the scripts are and how long you expect them to
take. Estimate how much time you think you will spend doing different
kinds of scripts. We are looking for creative ideas that will take a
full summer.

> and do i need to give a initial script i wish to implement

You don't have to. Some applicants do.

David Fifield
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