Re: [RFC][PATCH] NSE version numbering

[Ron <ron () skullsecurity net>]

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So, this might be a silly idea, but...

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:43:33 +0100 Djalal Harouni <tixxdz () opendz org> wrote:
>   Of course we can also add hooks to catch any call to unsupported
>   functions, print a message to the user that he should report this to
>   nmap-dev or update his Nmap/NSE core ..., and then clean and
> terminate the script/thread, this way other scripts can continue
> running.

Why don't we just do that, and nothing else? Basically, catch all calls to unsupported functions, print a warning that 
the function doesn't exist and that they should update Nmap to use this script, and that's it? 

It's a stupidly easy solution, Nmap doesn't crash, the scripts that can run still run, and life is good. 

Is the extra complexity of knowing beforehand really worth it?

Ron
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