Re: NSE suggestion (NSE next hop MAC address)

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:09:53PM -0400, Michael Pattrick wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:57:48AM -0400, Michael Pattrick wrote:
> > > I find it kind of odd that NSE offers functions to send raw ethernet
> > > frames but no good way to get the next hop mac address; or am I
> > > missing something? I suggest that another LUA variable is added under
> > > the 'nmap' class which reveals the next hop MAC address for the
> > > current host.
> >
> > Good idea!  Do you want to write a patch?  Unless someone suggests a
> > better way, it sounds like it is worth applying.  I would like to see
> > the raw packet sending and sniffing NSE functionality used more, as a
> > lot of fun can be had with that!
>
> Indeed, attached is a patch that creates a new member variable named
> mac_next_hop. I had considered setting mac_addr as the next hop
> instead of nil, but thought better then that as it goes against the
> documentations.

The patch looks fine. All it lacks is some documentation. Would you
document it in the proper place in scripting.xml? Then I think it can be
applied.

David Fifield

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