Re: [NSE] firewalk-path script

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:57:49PM +0100, Henri Doreau wrote:
> 2011/2/22 David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>:
> > Hi Henri, I took this more recent script and renamed it over the
> > previous firewalk.nse. The feature of automatically identifying the
> > gateways that are dropping packets is so useful that I think it will be
> > the more common behavior.
>
> Ok thanks, this second version contained a little bug, due to an
> "undeclared" function. The script doesn't run if you specify a timing
> argument. The attached patch changes the position of
> parse_timespec_ms() so that it is before the function that calls it.
> Sorry about it, I was waiting for some feedback before sending a third
> version of the script to the list.

No problem. I just committed your new patch.

> > If you would like to, you can restore the .ttl and .gateway arguments
> > that would cause the script to work as it did before.
>
> I don't want to bloat the script with too many options if some are not
> necessary. Is there a need for the former behavior (simply target one
> system between you and the target)? If so then I can easily add them.

I think we don't need the old behavior unless someone really wants it.

David Fifield
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