Re: Quick question on scripting

[shorejsi2 () mmm com]

 Thanks for the reply.  This is almost what I want to do but 'backwards' 
in a way. 

 In this case, I want to run a pre-existing script ( smb-os-discovery.nse 
) but only when a certain pattern of ports is open and closed. I could 
write my own script to check for these ports, set a registry value, and 
make a modified version of smb-os-discovery.nse that has a dependency upon 
my custom script.  But since that involves making a custom version of a 
preexisting script, I could just as well add my 'extra' dependencies to 
the front of the modified copy and dispense with a separate script all 
together. 

 Or am I missing something?


                        -=[ Steve ]=-





Patrick Donnelly <batrick () batbytes com> 
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:15 AM,  <shorejsi2 () mmm com> wrote:
>  I've looked through the Nmap script writing documentation (probably not
> closely enough...) and I have one unanswered question,
>
>  Is it possible to write a script which conditionally causes another
> script to run?
>
>  What I am trying to do is trigger several deeper discovery scripts when 
a
> host exhibits a certain pattern of open (and closed) ports. I realize I
> could probably create custom versions of these existing scripts to do
> exactly what I want, but I was hoping there was a more elegant way.

List the dependency between the scripts [1]. Then set a flag in the
registry as Ron suggested.

[1] http://nmap.org/book/nse-script-format.html#nse-format-dependencies

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