Forwarded From: Aaron Glahe <glaheat_private> The creators of SAINT would like to inform everyone that WWDSI will now maintain a module depository. Any developer who has created a check for a particular application vulnerability and would like to see it help the world, please stop by http://www.wwdsi.com/saint to have it added to the list of SAINT checks. We here at WWDSI will not stop creating, researching, and developing other checks. We just know that if people from around the world get involved, then SAINT will be a better application all together. What we are trying to do is create a place where all the modules are kept so that everyone knows to come here to find it. Kind of like a www.gamelan.com. and what they did for Java Applets. What we are doing is asking anyone who has created a particular check or has a better way to do a check send it to us. Sometimes it is a better Makefile, or an updated c file, or even just changing the rules/config files. It might just be a text file that someone sent us that we will post on the web. All we are asking is that if you change some os SAINT's code, that you place comments around everything you changed. For example, if you have changed some foo.c file, keep the original code (just commented out) and show us where you new code is. Also, we would like just a short write up, which we would post, to tell everyone exactly what you are trying to do. We are going to have one very strict rule. No slamming anyone else's code or ideas. The reason for this is that everyone is doing this out of goodness of their own heart. We have decided to take up maintaining all the new modules. If you do not like someone's code, then we would say don't use it, and send us your fix for it. We have no problem putting multiple checks of the same thing on the site. We just do not want people to stop making new checks because someone put them down for any reason. But, enough of that. Please, send us your ideas. I am one of a few different developers here. I sometimes will send you checks onto others. We will put them up in Limbo first, then review them, get some feed back. and then move them over to Heaven. What I am hoping to do is have a news server up and running sometime soon. God, only knows when because I am working around the clock right now. When the nntp server goes up, then we will direct everyone to starting talking there. We believe that SATAN was a great free product. But people stopped working on it. We do not want that to happen with SAINT. We are going to continue to add fixes, updates, etc. to SAINT ourselves, we just would like to help others who have specific needs we are not reaching, and maybe someone else has already with their module. To write a SAINT module might just be updating one of the bin/XXXX.saint files. It might also be writing a complete new one. The first thing I would do is understand the structure of SAINT, and how some of the stuff interacts. rules/config, bin/saint files etc. If you find a bug in the program and know exactly how to fix it, let us know. We will gladly give credit where credit is due. Aaron Glahe WWDSI Development glaheat_private http://www.wwdsi.com -o- Subscribe: mail majordomot_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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