--- Common communication functions for network discovery tasks like
-- banner grabbing and data exchange.
--
-- The functions in this module return values appropriate for use with
-- exception handling via nmap.new_try
.
--
-- These functions may be passed a table of options, but it's not required. The
-- keys for the options table are "bytes"
, "lines"
,
-- "proto"
, and "timeout"
. "bytes"
sets
-- a minimum number of bytes to read. "lines"
does the same for
-- lines. "proto"
sets the protocol to communicate with,
-- defaulting to "tcp"
if not provided. "timeout"
-- sets the socket timeout (see the socket function set_timeout
-- for details).
--
-- If both "bytes"
and "lines"
are provided,
-- "lines"
takes precedence. If neither are given, the functions
-- read as many bytes as possible.
-- @author Kris Katterjohn 04/2008
-- @copyright Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
module(... or "comm", package.seeall)
-- Makes sure that opts exists and the default proto is there
local initopts = function(opts)
if not opts then
opts = {}
end
if not opts.proto then
opts.proto = "tcp"
end
return opts
end
-- Sets up the socket and connects to host:port
local setup_connect = function(host, port, opts)
if type(host) ~= "table" then
host = {ip = host}
end
local target = host.targetname or host.ip or host.name
if type(port) ~= "table" then
port = {number = port}
end
local sock = nmap.new_socket()
if opts.timeout then
sock:set_timeout(opts.timeout)
end
local status, err = sock:connect(target, port.number, opts.proto)
if not status then
return status, err
end
-- If nothing is given, specify bytes=1 so NSE reads everything
if not opts.lines and not opts.bytes then
opts.bytes = 1
end
return true, sock
end
local read = function(sock, opts)
local response, status
if opts.lines then
status, response = sock:receive_lines(opts.lines)
return status, response
end
status, response = sock:receive_bytes(opts.bytes)
return status, response
end
--- This function simply connects to the specified port number on the
-- specified host and returns any data received.
--
-- The first return value is true to signal success or false to signal
-- failure. On success the second return value is the response from the
-- remote host. On failure the second return value is an error message.
-- @param host The host to connect to.
-- @param port The port on the host.
-- @param opts The options. See the module description.
-- @return Status (true or false).
-- @return Data (if status is true) or error string (if status is false).
get_banner = function(host, port, opts)
opts = initopts(opts)
local status, sock = setup_connect(host, port, opts)
local ret
if not status then
-- sock is an error message in this case
return status, sock
end
status, ret = read(sock, opts)
sock:close()
return status, ret
end
--- This function connects to the specified port number on the specified
-- host, sends data, then waits for and returns the response, if any.
--
-- The first return value is true to signal success or false to signal
-- failure. On success the second return value is the response from the
-- remote host. On failure the second return value is an error message.
-- @param host The host to connect to.
-- @param port The port on the host.
-- @param data The data to send initially.
-- @param opts The options. See the module description.
-- @return Status (true or false).
-- @return Data (if status is true) or error string (if status is false).
exchange = function(host, port, data, opts)
opts = initopts(opts)
local status, sock = setup_connect(host, port, opts)
local ret
if not status then
-- sock is an error message in this case
return status, sock
end
status, ret = sock:send(data)
if not status then
sock:close()
return status, ret
end
status, ret = read(sock, opts)
sock:close()
return status, ret
end