Nmap gopher-ls NSE Script

Script Overview

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Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/gopher-ls.nse
Script categories: default, discovery, safe
Target service / protocol: gopher, tcp
Target network port(s): 70
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

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The gopher-ls.nse script lists files and directories at the root of a gopher service.

Gopher-ls NSE Script Arguments

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This is a full list of arguments supported by the gopher-ls.nse script:

gopher-ls.maxfiles

If set, limits the amount of files returned by the script. If set to 0 or less, all files are shown. The default value is 10.

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To use this script argument, add it to Nmap command line like in this example:

nmap --script=gopher-ls --script-args gopher-ls.maxfiles=value <target>

Gopher-ls NSE Script Example Usage

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Here's an example of how to use the gopher-ls.nse script:

nmap -p 70 --script gopher-ls --script-args gopher-ls.maxfiles=100 <target>

Gopher-ls NSE Script Example Output

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Here's a sample output from the gopher-ls.nse script:

70/tcp open  gopher
| gopher-ls:
| [txt] /gresearch.txt "Gopher, the next big thing?"
| [dir] /taxf "Tax Forms"
|_Only 2 shown. Use --script-args gopher-ls.maxfiles=-1 to see all.

Gopher-ls NSE Script Example XML Output

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There is no sample XML output for this module. However, by providing the -oX <file> option, Nmap will produce a XML output and save it in the file.xml file.

Author

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• Toni Ruottu

References

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• https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/gopher-ls.html
• https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/gopher-ls.nse

See Also

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Visit Nmap NSE Library for more scripts.