Nmap/Parser/XML version 0.71
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nmap output parser in perl

This module is intended to sift through the nmap scan outputs in xml form,
either by passing a filehandle that is being piped from a current nmap scan
or using an xml filename that is formatted as the output of nmap when using
the '-oX file.xml' command line option. It uses the XML::Twig library, which is
memory efficient and fast. In the authors opinion, this module is very easy to
use to extract information from an nmap xml scan output about the scan itself
and the hosts that were scanned.

I am trying to balance efficiency with ease of use. If you think something
can be done differently send your feedback.

INSTALLATION

Latest version: http://search.cpan.org/~apersaud/Nmap-Parser-XML/
Website:        http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ironstar/Nmap-Parser-XML/

Download the file and unpack. This is usually done by:

   tar xvf Nmap-Parser-XML-x.xx.tar.gz

Next change into the newly created directory.
To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

	XML::Twig 3.0+

In addition, you will need nmap 3.00+. You don't exactly need it, but this
version of nmap supports the xml output that this module can parse. So, you do
not really need the executable, but the xml output that you will be parsing
(or able to parse), must be from this version onward.

CHANGES

Changes from 0.68 to 0.71
	- fixed a small bug in the installation under MSWin32 (PM_FILTER) which
	caused all tests to fail. (It was removing things that weren't comments.
	- updated documentation
	- fixed documentation bug of all the example scripts
	- updated examples script: they are more robust. Can either take
		the example file as input, or actually run scans.
	- new utility script : scan_host.pl
	- added EXAMPLES seciton in documentation
	- parses new 'version', 'extrainfo', and 'product'
		att from service tag (3.40+)
	- added *_service_version to *::Host
	- added xml_version to *::ScanInfo
	- more error prevention mechanisms
	- added os_osfamily, os_gen, os_vendor, os_type added
	- added OSINFO filter
	- ::ScanInfo::scan_types does not return number of scan types in scalar
		format. It will always return an array containing the scan
		types.
	- osfamily does not return the actual string (comma delimited), it always
	returns an array of os matches.
	- DEPRECATED: tcpsequence, ipidsequence, tcptssequence
		now use:
		tcpsequence_class, tcpsequence_values, tcpsequence_index
		ipidsequence_class, ipidsequence_values
		tcptssequence_class, tcptssequence_values

FOR OTHER CHANGE INFORMATION SEE THE "CHANGES" FILE

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2004 Anthony G Persaud <ironstar@iastate.edu>

 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php

This program is free  software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it  under
the terms of the  GNU General Public License  as published by the  Free Software
Foundation; either  version 2  of the  License, or  (at your  option) any  later
version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT  ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

