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Nmap Development: Re: NSE script for OS identification / clarification using Netbios/SMB

Re: NSE script for OS identification / clarification using Netbios/SMB

From: Fyodor <fyodor_at_insecure.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:50:11 -0800

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 04:25:50AM +0000, Brandon Enright wrote:
>
> For the short term I don't think anything needs to happen. In the not too
> long term though, more generic NetBIOS packet constructing and parsing
> functions should be made and the nbstat functionality should be rolled into
> osversion. We could call the union of these two netbiosinfo.nse or
> something like that. I'm perfectly happy to do what I can to this end in
> the coming days/weeks.

Sure! I'd love to see an NSE SMB/NetBIOS library in Nmap.

> In the long term, setting aside political, technical or licensing issues, we
> should look at Metasploit and Nessus's NetBIOS/SMB libraries to see if we
> can either port or reproduce them.

There are definitely plenty of political, technical, and licensing
issues there. But they are absolutely worth looking at for insight.

> If we do end up getting a library of NetBIOS and SMB functions written the
> floodgates to cool Windows scripts will be wide open.

I agree.

Cheers,
-F

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