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# GENLIST.MAN.1

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Updated: 2006-11-06
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## 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.

## Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLE OF GENLIST USED WITH PBNJ
EXAMPLE OF GENLIST USED WITH NMAP
INPUT TYPE
-s <target> Ping Target Range ex: 10.0.0.*
SCAN OPTIONS
--interface <intface>
-n --nmap <path>
General Options:
-v --version
-h --help Display this information
FEATURE REQUESTS
BUG REPORTS
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
LEGAL NOTICES

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