Fyodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> At the same time, I recognize that programs which call Nmap don't want
> to deal with parsing an ever-shifting format.  This is why I provide
> the XML output format (-oX) and, to a lesser degree, the "grepable
> format" (-oG).  Neither of these formats have had incompatible changes
> in years.  The XML format even includes more information than "human
> readable", and breaks it up into easier-to-use chunks.

-oG looks better because I planned to remove most of C plugins by
implementing popen and a couple of other horrors for "safe plugins".
i.e. nmap_wrapper will be rewritten in NASL sooner or later.

> For these reasons, I recommend that Nessus integrate with Nmap using
> the XML API.

Writing a XML parser in NASL would be an interesting experience :-)

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