Nmap Development: Re: feature reqs

[Andreas Ericsson <ae () op5 se>]

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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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson () op5 se
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