Re: nmap XML output - host latency

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 02:25:53PM +0800, Andrew Smith wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I notice that nmap's standard output provides the latency for each host:
>
> Nmap scan report for 192.168.2.1
> Host is up, received arp-response (0.0057s latency).
> MAC Address: 00:1C:DF:E3:9F:03 (Belkin International)
>
> However the XML output does not provide the host latency:
>
> <host><status state="up" reason="arp-response">
> <address addr="192.168.2.1" addrtype="ipv4">
> <address addr="00:1C:DF:E3:9F:03" addrtype="mac" vendor="Belkin 
> International"
> <hostnames>
> </hostnames>
> </host>
>
> I have tried increasing both the debug level and verbosity but the host 
> latency isn't included in the output.
> I can always parse the output of the standard nmap output to get the 
> latency, but would prefer to parse the XML.
>
> Would it be possible to include this in the XML output?

Hi Andrew.  I agree that the XML output should have all the useful
information you find in the normal/interactive output (and then some).
So I added this task to the Nmap TODO:

o We should print host latency (when available) in the XML output, as
  suggested at http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q4/215.
  docs/nmap.dtd will have to be modified accordingly, and you might
  even consider adding support to docs/nmap.xsl.

But just adding the task won't make it happen!  If someone wants to
step up to the plate and write, test, then send a patch to nmap-dev,
please do so!  This should be a pretty easy one.

Cheers,
Fyodor
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