Re: [NSE] new scripts and libraries: brute library

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:11:53AM +0200, Patrik Karlsson wrote:
> On 18 aug 2010, at 18.05, David Fifield wrote:
> > > So if a socket error occurs we need to report an error back to the engine.
> > > If the retry attribute is set using the setRetry on the error object
> > > the engine will retry the credential.
> > > When max_retries (default 3, can be modified with argument) is
> > > reached, the engine aborts.
> >
> > How does the login method distinguish the two failure modes: (1) access
> > denied, and (2) socket error. I want (2) to be retried, but not (1).
>
> This is really up to the driver, it needs to be able to determine (at
> a protocol level) whether the login was denied or if there was a
> socket error.
> The login method in the Driver the needs to adjust the Error object
> appropriately before returning it to the Engine.

This is where I'm confused. How do I adjust the Error object to reflect
both of the two states? Can you provide code examples?

David Fifield
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