NAME

        Genlist - ping scanner

SYNOPSIS

        genlist [Input Type] [Scan Options] [General Options]

DESCRIPTION

        Genlist is a program that returns a list of hosts that responding
        to ping probes. Thus, this list can be used to perform an scan of
        these machines using PBNJ or Nmap.

        Apart of PBNJ 2.0 suite of tools to monitor changes on a network.

OPTIONS

        Usage: genlist [Input Type] [General Options]
        Input Type:
          -s  --scan <target>      Ping Target Range ex: 10.0.0.\*

        Scan Options:
          -n  --nmap <path>        Path to Nmap executable
              --inter <interface>  Perform scan using non default interface

        General Options:
          -v  --version            Display version
          -h  --help               Display this information

        Send Comments to Joshua D. Abraham ( jabra@ccs.neu.edu )

EXAMPLE OF GENLIST USED WITH PBNJ

        $ ./genlist -s 10.0.0.\* > iplist

        $ sudo ./scanpbnj -i iplist

EXAMPLE OF GENLIST USED WITH NMAP

        $ ./genlist -s 10.0.0.\* > iplist

        $ sudo ./nmap -iL iplist

INPUT TYPE

       -s <target>  Ping Target Range ex: 10.0.0.*

        The ping scan is a useful method of only scanning the host that are
        responding to ICMP echo requests. This scan basically takes the host
        that respond to ping and prints them. This is useful in combining
        the result with a PBNJ or Nmap scan because no time is wasted in
        scanning hosts that do not respond.

SCAN OPTIONS

       --interface <intface>

        This option sets an alternative interface for performing the scan.
        This is useful when you have multiple interfaces on a machine
        with restrictions on which devices can access certain IP ranges.

       -n --nmap <path>

        Use an alternative Nmap rather than Nmap located in the your  path.
        This is useful if you have multiple version of Nmap installed on
        a system or if you are testing a new version of Nmap. Remember that if
        you are using a newly compiled version of Nmap that you need to
        export NMAPDIR to the location that Nmap was compiled in. Thus, if
        you have compiled Nmap in your homedir, use the following notation to
        run it with Genlist:

        $ export NMAPDIR=$HOME/nmap-VERSION/

        $ sudo genlist -s 10.0.0.\* --nmap $HOME/nmap-VERISON/

General Options:

       -v --version

        Prints the Genlist version number and exits.

       -h --help  Display this information

        Prints a short help screen with the most common command flags.
        Running Genlist without any arguments does the same thing.

FEATURE REQUESTS

        Any feature requests should be reported to the online
        feature-request-tracking system available on the web at :
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=149390&atid=774489
        Before requesting a feature, please check to see if the features has
        already been requested.

BUG REPORTS

        Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-tracking system
        available on the web at :
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=149390&atid=774488.
        Before reporting bugs, please check to see if the bug has already been
        reported.

        When reporting PBNJ bugs, it is important to include a reliable way to
        reproduce the bug, version number of PBNJ and Nmap, OS
        name and version, and any relevant hardware specs. And of course,
        patches to rectify the bug are even better.

SEE ALSO

        scanpbnj(1) outputpbnj(1), nmap(1)

AUTHORS

        Joshua D. Abraham ( jabra@ccs.neu.edu )

LEGAL NOTICES

        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
        WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
        General Public License for more details at
        http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or in the COPYING file included
        with PBNJ.

        It should also be noted that PBNJ has occasionally been known to crash
        poorly written applications, TCP/IP stacks, and even operating systems.
        While this is extremely rare, it is important to keep in mind.  PBNJ
        should never be run against mission critical systems unless you are
        prepared to suffer downtime. We acknowledge here that PBNJ may crash
        your systems or networks and we disclaim all liability for any damage
        or problems PBNJ could cause.