Re: Google/Nmap SoC 2009 Project Ideas?

[Henri Salo <fgeek () hack fi>]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:42:03PM +0100, Daniel Roethlisberger wrote:
> o Efficient network topology mapping.  Give Nmap (or Zenmap or even a
>   separate tool) a large network range or multiple ranges, and it will
>   automatically and intelligently determine the network topology
>   with a minimal number of probes / in minimal scan time, i.e. don't
>   do a full traceroute on each and every IP address.  There are many
>   ways to cut down the number of probes required versus the naïve
>   approach, including making educated guesses at subnetting, and
>   intelligently verify those using a minimal number of probes (think
>   binary search through possible/likely subnet layouts).

I know from my experience that this feature is very wanted in larger
organizations. I'm more than happy to help anyone who is going to spent
time on this.

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Henri Salo

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