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how to start reading the nmap source code ?
From: "--- ---" <ithilgore.ryu.l () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:09:15 -0800
Hey there, I ve been using nmap for quite a lot of time now and i was interested in starting doing sth to contribute to it. I have written a syn scanner mysef (among other things )and have some good exp in sockets programming ( and especially raw sockets) . However, nmap as of late has become quite a large project with many K locs making it difficult to study it without some proper guidelines. I would like to know if u can suggest some efficient way to read the source code ( starting a bottom up approach maybe -from core to external functionality). I downloaded the first version of nmap ( the one posted in phrack ) but unfortunately that code is not as portable and needs many changes to compile in my platform so that i can play with it. So what do u have to suggest ? What files of the source code are the ones who are of most importance ? In what funcs should one focus on and on which ones he should just see as black-boxes ? And how can one start meddling with the code without breaking the whole thing apart ? (although than too can be enlightening sometimes ) ithilgore _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Re: how to start reading the nmap source code ? Richard Moore (Jan 07)
- Re: how to start reading the nmap source code ? Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Jan 07)
- Re: how to start reading the nmap source code ? doug (Jan 07)
- Re: how to start reading the nmap source code ? Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Jan 07)
- Re: how to start reading the nmap source code ? Richard Moore (Jan 07)