Re: Nmap SoC Ideas?

[liu xiaohui <xhliu.zju () gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Henri Salo <henri () nerv fi> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:55:56 -0600
> David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 08:13:32PM +0800, liu xiaohui wrote:
> > > But I am a newbie to the nmap, so I want to chose this project
> > > because I can go through the code of nmap. So would you guys tell
> > > me where should I begin if I wanna choose this project as my GSoC
> > > Application?
> >
> > Hello, thanks for your interest. The question "where should I begin in
> > the Nmap source code" is becoming a FAQ. Henri Salo posted some good
> > mailing list links a few months ago at
> > http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q3/977. They are:
> >
> > "Design of Nmap"
> > http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2007/q2/173
> >
> > "how to start reading the nmap source code ?"
> > http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2008/q1/42
> >
> > "getting strated with nmap development"
> > http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q1/566
> >
> > My advice is to start with the function nmap_main in nmap.cc, and
> > trace the execution until you find something you want to learn more
> > about. Then when you have specific questions you can ask this list.
> >
> > David Fifield
>
> You should also study the scripting engine
> <http://nmap.org/book/nse.html>. In fact I have noticed that NSE has
> been VERY interesting subject for newbies, because you can make lots of
> nice tricks with it in short time and Lua is always good language to
> learn.
>
> Nmap Network Scanning -book is obviuosly "must have" book in
> everybodys library :)
>
> I have started reading this book now, as you said, it is really a great
book.
And I will  to learn Lua then I could play with the NSE.
Thank you


> ---
> Henri Salo
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