It would prove usefull to have an ebuild for rnmap. I wouldn't mind making myself this ebuild, but I'd like to know wether another person is already under this. Bellow goes a nice e-mail I received shortly: Hi, I've released a new version of remote nmap (0.10). Remote Nmap (Rnmap) is a pair of client and server programs which allow for various authorized clients to run their port scans from a centralized server. Some changes/fixes/features I made: - Some changes for protocol: Server send nmap's result as multiple blocks instead of sending one large message (much nicer output for users). - Bugfixes and overall improvements. - SSL support (with pyOpenSSL). If you want more details take a look at change log: http://rnmap.sourceforge.net/CHANGES New version of remote nmap is available to download at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/rnmap/rnmap_0.10.tar.gz Rnmap homepage: http://rnmap.sourceforge.net -Tuomo -------------------------------------------------- For help using this (nmap-hackers) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-hackers-help@insecure.org
Nessus is "slightly" bigger, but does the same job + quite a lot more. Where are the advantages of this program?
The main advantage of this program is that it brings all nmap versatility. If you never tried nmap, better do it... Nessus doesn't allow custom TCP flag combination, nor has the many options of nmap. And as a remark, let me say that this is an ebuild request, not a comparisson with other programs.
Nessus can use nmap for port scanning, btw - I didn't want to say rnmap is a bad program, it's just that if it only provides a subset of nessus functionality it is less likely to find someone who writes an ebuild and maintains it. If you want to contribute one, feel free to do so :-)
Perhaps we make an ebuild... another day.
