Steve, On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Steve Pinkham <steve.pink...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andres Riancho wrote: >> >> List, >> >> I've created a task in the TODO list for v1.0 some time ago, that >> basically says [0]: >> >> """I should separate discovery plugins into two different types: >> >> - The ones that find new URLs >> - The ones that find things about the site""" >> >> A clear example of a plugin that finds new URLs is the webSpider, >> and a clear example of a plugin that "finds things about the site" is >> the hmap plugin, which fingerprints the remote webserver. I've been >> thinking, and I'm pretty sure that w3af is going to have a plugin >> family called "crawl" for the plugins that "look like webSpider", >> but... I'm not sure how to call the other plugin family. Anybody has >> ideas? Please share =) >> >> [0] >> https://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?func=detailtask&project_task_id=147178&group_id=170274&group_project_id=48542 >> >> Cheers, > > What about plugins like googleSpider, which don't really crawl, but do do > URL discovery? > The straightforward "URL discovery" might be a better option for that > section, and perhaps "technology discovery" or similar for the other > section?
Good point. What I was thinking is that plugins that are run and always return the same thing no matter what input you give them, should go to the new plugin type. In this particular case, googleSpider always returns the same results, so it would go in the "XYZ" type plugin. Cheers, > -- > | Steven E. Pinkham | > | GPG public key ID CD31CAFB | > -- Andres Riancho http://w3af.sourceforge.net/ Web Application Attack and Audit Framework ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ W3af-develop mailing list W3af-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-develop
