joe haldon wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great ...
> if nmap had a 'update-nmap-fingerprints' command that could update the
> fingerprint file ... And then if nmap had a significant version update
> have a error advising to upgrade? Similar to nessus-update-pluggins
> and freshclam (clamav) and oinkmaster (snort) ...
> Then we could be assured of bleeding edge fingerprints :-)
>
Should be trivial to write as a separate script/program. FTP and HTTP
aren't exactly rocket-science protocols. I'm not so sure about the
version checking though. Sometimes there are reasons for not running
bleeding edge.
> Also if nmap was distributed as a .deb package. Not that RPM's aren't
> great and all.
>
Debian distributes nmap .deb-packages, I think.
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