Re: Ncat patch: --color-input

["Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" <zerochaos () gentoo org>]

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On 09/16/2013 01:47 PM, Jacek Wielemborek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wrote a fun Ncat feature, called --color-input, inspired by
> Wireshark's "follow TCP stream" and one Wikipedia image
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Http_request_telnet_ubuntu.png).
> The new feature colors all incoming network data with red color, so
> you can easily tell terminal and network input apart. This might be
> useful for example when chatting using Ncat or for educational
> purposes. Invocation:
>
> ncat --color-input scanme.nmap.org 80

Looks neat but it "--color-input" really appropriate? Sure looks to me
like it's the output that is colored.

Thanks,
Zero
> The attachments contain the patch and a screenshot you could use in
> the documentation. The patch includes both POSIX and Windows code,
> which turns off when the standard output is redirected (to make it
> consistent with Windows). I also updated the manual page and
> changelog. The patch should apply against the latest SVN trunk.
>
> Here's a diffstat:
>  ChangeLog      |    3 +++
>  docs/ncat.xml  |   13 +++++++++++++
>  ncat_connect.c |    6 +++---
>  ncat_core.c    |    1 +
>  ncat_core.h    |    3 +++
>  ncat_listen.c  |    4 ++--
>  ncat_main.c    |   10 ++++++++++
>  ncat_posix.c   |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  ncat_win.c     |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> Hope you like it! Let me know if you're interested in a parameter
> (optional?) to the switch that lets user specify the color.
>
> Yours,
> Jacek Wielemborek
>
>
>
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