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[RFC] Add DOCTYPE to Nmap XML?
From: Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:52:47 -0500
List,Since we have a DTD, would it make sense to add a DOCTYPE declaration to Nmap's XML output? Here's a patch to do so:
diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc index 71f80b9..7654992 100644 --- a/nmap.cc +++ b/nmap.cc @@ -1707,6 +1707,7 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) { chomp(mytime); char *xslfname = o.XSLStyleSheet(); xml_start_document();+ log_write(LOG_XML, "<!DOCTYPE nmaprun PUBLIC \"-//IDN nmap.org//DTD Nmap XML %s//EN\" \"https://svn.nmap.org/nmap/docs/nmap.dtd\">\n", NMAP_XMLOUTPUTVERSION);
if (xslfname) { xml_open_pi("xml-stylesheet"); xml_attribute("href", "%s", xslfname);This declares a PUBLIC doctype, as opposed to the SYSTEM doctype suggested for validation in nmap.dtd. The Formal Public Identifier (FPI, the part with all the //) is constructed as follows:
-// = Unregistered owner IDN nmap.org = Name of owner derived from domain name //DTD = This FPI identifies a DTD Nmap XML 1.03 = Description of the subject //EN = Language the DTD is written inThe URI references the current version of the DTD. This is not ideal, because the NMAP_XMLOUTPUTVERSION can change. Ideally, the URI would change, too, with historical copies available at unique URIs, but this would work for now.
Any thoughts/testing are appreciated. Dan _______________________________________________ Sent through the dev mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/dev Archived at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/
Current thread:
- [RFC] Add DOCTYPE to Nmap XML? Daniel Miller (Oct 18)
- Re: [RFC] Add DOCTYPE to Nmap XML? Fyodor (Oct 19)
- Re: [RFC] Add DOCTYPE to Nmap XML? Daniel Miller (Nov 26)
- Re: [RFC] Add DOCTYPE to Nmap XML? Fyodor (Oct 19)