Chapter 4. Exploring the Nmap Scripting Engine API and Libraries
The NSE API and libraries allow developers to obtain host and port information, including versions of services, and perform a wide range of tasks when scanning networks with Nmap. As in any other programming language or framework, NSE libraries separate and refactor code that will likely be helpful for other NSE scripts. Tasks such as creating a network socket connection, storing valid credentials, or reading script arguments from the command line are commonly handled by these libraries. Nmap currently distributes 107 NSE libraries officially to communicate with the most popular protocols, perform common string handling operations, and even provide implementation classes such as ...
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