Re: Beefing up the docs

[john <nmap-dev () johnbond org>]

On 20/02/2017 16:21, stripes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a side project to work on, and one of the things I was
> thinking of doing is beefing up the documentation for Nmap.
>
> I've been working in security documentation for quite some time, and I
> also use Nmap as a sysdmin/infosec professional, and I was wondering
> what anyone's thoughts were on this.
>
> It looks like some of the NSEs need documentation, some more examples
> need to be documented, and even any coding links to any libraries (??).
> Also, if there are any suggestions of anything else that needs to be
> updated, I'll be happy to do this.
>
> Any thoughts on this? I'm not sure who the right person to ask is.
I for one would love to see this, fyodors book is great but i think
there are lots of things that could be updated, especially the scripts
section.  I would also be great to see some more tutorials and examples.
 I have never found a good guide on how to interpret nmap scan results.
Perhaps that's because it really is a bit of an art but i think we could
definitely add some guidance hear.

Other things that would have been usefull when i first started to use nmap.
  * script writing tutorials but aimed at a sysadmin not a coder
  * how to debug slow running scans
  * firewalking (i see there is a script for that now but its still good
to know how to do it manully)

Its been a while since i looked at the docs so sorry if they have since
been updated to include all this and more.

Thanks John
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