I'm no programmer, but there's a basic reason not to use java for nessus, in
my opinion at least.
Besides performance issues, I would have used Java for portability benefits.
This means one could write a program and run it on any platform supporting
Java.
Well, how could you deal with hardware in such a case? Different platform
would need different implementations, so there wouldn't be portability
advantages (one would have to use a different piece of sw based on platform
and OS).
Just my 0,00002 ?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "alan donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 12:25 PM
Subject: suitability of java for vulnerability scanners
> Hi.
> Please bear with me since I think this is the best
> place this question can be answered although I know
> this forumn may not be for questions like these.
>
> My question is very basic in nature. So forgive me for
> being naive.
>
> I wanted to know why java is not used to make
> softwares like nessus or nmap. Is it because it may
> not have the ability to make packets. Is there any
> such library(and to what extent can it be used) that
> can be leveraged in java which can help make a
> software like those mentioned above.
>
> Plus I have not seen java being used for such
> softwares. Rather C or perl seems to be a more common
> option. Can you shed some light on this too.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
>
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