Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> 
> I could think of a PHP script that will run the commandline version. Then
> return with a page giving you a URL that might be usefull after an hour or
> so. (This highly depends on the the time it takes to run a full scan.)

or email the requester with the URL when the scan is complete.

> IAnyone know of a simple trick to keep a session open for a
> long time on a HTTP server with PHP?

You could collect the information needed for the command line
and create a job in a queue for a scheduler to pick up later.
Then you wouldn't have to maintain anything on the web side.

The biggest issue is determining authorization for a given
user to scan a given IP address. This issue is different for
different sites.

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Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

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