Nmap Development: [NSE] NSE External Dependencies (was: Local IP geolocation script)

[Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <buanzo () buanzo com ar>]

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Philipp Emanuel Weidmann wrote:
> -- NOTE: In order for this script to work, you must download the GeoLite Country database from
> -- http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPCountryCSV.zip,
> -- unpack it, and place it in the Nmap main directory (where the other Nmap data files are, too)
Sorry to hijack the thread [subject changed accordingly] - (Nice script, btw).

I foresee that many external dependencies will exist in the near future. I think the NSE API should
provide a unified way for developers to notify those needs to the nmap user.

Of course, in the case of a file that might be found on a known set of different locations (the
openssh blacklist comes to mind) then it might be a dependency set (i.e 'if any of these files is
found, then this dependency is fulfilled').

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Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman
Independent Linux and Security Consultant - SANS - OISSG - OWASP
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