Fwd: Fwd: GSOC projects script writer(discovery)

[Indula Nayanamith <indula.mrt () gmail com>]

Hi david,
I have submitted my Proposal for GSOC discovery specialist. Please be kind
enough suggest any improvements i can make for it.
https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/indula_cse/1
Thankyou


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Indula Nayanamith <indula.mrt () gmail com>wrote:

> Hi devs,
> As my script ideas i selected
> New IPv6 OS scan features
> Scanning through proxies
> Nsock based asynchronous hostname lookup
> neighbour discovery via LLDP and CDP[1] using SNMP
> first three are from the idea page but they do not say much than
> saying some portion is already implemented.
> can please someone point me to correct materials to get a clear idea
> of them(these links in the wiki aren't working or protected)
> last one is my own idea as i mentioned before and we can use these
> discovery protocols to draw precise map of the network and can be used
> with zenmap.
> thank you
>
> [1]
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/tk652/tk701/technologies_white_paper0900aecd804cd46d.html
>
> On 4/30/13, david <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
> > 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
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Indula



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Regards,
Indula



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Regards,
Indula
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