From 04da7d46976748729961fed8bb175ddbfec3ca43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add updater tasks to todo --- todo/nmap.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/todo/nmap.txt b/todo/nmap.txt index 86f50012b..4bf8c7cf2 100644 --- a/todo/nmap.txt +++ b/todo/nmap.txt @@ -1,5 +1,20 @@ TODO $Id: TODO 11866 2009-01-24 23:10:05Z fyodor $ -*-text-*- +o finish making nmap-update part of the nmap windows compile-time + infrastructure + o See if we can build just one project within a solution, rather + than having special "with nmap-update" configuration. + +o Add homedir support to Nmap for the updater + +o Fix expiration date parsing on Nmap Windows for the updater + +o Updater: Make a missing nmap-update.conf nonfatal (perhaps doesn't + even need to mention it). + +o Updater: Clean up the output messages (e.g. only print what user needs to see + unless debugging is specified) + o Clean up the Nmap repo to remove some bloat we've allowed to creep in. Should do a more thorough search, but for now here are two obvious candidates: @@ -89,6 +104,16 @@ o Script review - NSE-based port scanning and RST idle scan. http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q2/307. +o [UPDATER] Create a way to send an error message to the user + (e.g. "your account has expired" or "updates denied due to + overuse--please wait 24 hours before trying again", or "account + suspended due to abuse")? + +o [UPDATER] Create webapp for account creation (can be deferred until later) + +o [UPDATER] Release to community, probably starting with a small test + group of people. + o Fix "BOGUS! Can't parse supposed IP packet" in packet trace of IPv6 packets.