Re: [Plugins-writers] Writing a plugin to detect a service on any port

shawnduffy@private

Thanks!  I'll give it a shot.

Shawn

On 7/19/06, George A. Theall <theall@private> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 02:29:57PM -0400, Shawn Duffy wrote:
>
> > I need to write a plugin that will detect a proprietary service that
> > may be listening on any port.  I can write the code that I need in
> > order to check if the service is listening on a given port but I'm not
> > sure of the best way to write it so that it checks any open port for
> > that service.
>
> For a TCP-based service, I tend to declare a script dependency on
> find_service.nes and then do something like :
>
>   include("global_settings.inc");
>
>   if (thorough_tests)
>   {
>     port = get_kb_item("Services/unknown");
>     if (!port) port = 123;
>   }
>   else port = 123;
>   if (!get_tcp_port_state(port)) exit(0);
>
>
> Essentially, this causes the plugin to iterate over ports with unknown
> services if thorough_tests is enabled or the default port (123 in this
> case) otherwise. Since get_kb_item() spawns a new instance of the plugin
> for each port returned, you don't have to worry about explicitly
> iterating over each port.
>
> If the service doesn't have a well-known port, then just do something like :
>
>   port = get_kb_item("Services/unknown");
>   if (!get_tcp_port_state(port)) exit(0);
>
>
> George
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