Nmap Development: Re: Parsing Nmap

["Brandon Enright" <bmenrigh () ucsd edu>]

J. Perrymon wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> What do you suggest is the best method for parsing nmap into a html
> or other "report ready" formats?
>
> I have it working with the nmap XML stylesheet but I can't seem to
> import that into word properly. As I paste the data in from the xml is
>  doesn't keep any of the formatting.
The XSL transform file you are refering to renders the XML file nicely
in browser memory.  You can use a stand-alone tool to actually
transfrom the XML into HTML file.

If you are using Windows you probably want to use the Microsoft
provided tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2FB55371-C94E-4373-B0E9-DB4816552E41&displaylang=en

If you are using Linux/Unix there are a whole bunch of different tools
to do the job.

> Ultimately, I would like to parse nmap data into a nice format for
> putting into word or even an SQL database. Should I look at importing
> xml directly into SQL?
Creating an SQL schema that captures the essence of Nmap XML data in a
useful and easily queryable structure is non-trivial.  You may want to
look into projects that have allready done most of the hard work for
you (PBNJ, http://insecure.org/nmap/SoC/HostedScan.html, etc).

> Cheers,
>
>
> JP
Brandon





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