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How should I split off the scanning from the monitoring?  I'm planning
on setting up a scheduled NESSUS scan, but I'd like the nmap to happen
in near-real time.  Is this a fork() or threads situation?

A basic overview of the script:

sub nmapscan
{	
	$result = qx/nmap -sSU $machine_ip/;
	PERL::DBI Stuff
	INSERT into COMPUTERSCANS (id, computer_id, results) values ('',
$computer_id, $result);
	close PERL::DBI stuff
}

Start Infinite loop 

Monitor /var/log/messages

If $line contains "DHCPACK" then parse it for IP/MAC/NAME and create
appropriate variables

Check DB for current record of machine, if exists, create global
variable $computer_id.  

If not, create a record, and store primary key into $computer_id. 

If new IP address, update hosts table w/new IP address.
nmapscan();

Restart the loop;

-- 
Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu
Office: 404-385-0127
Fax: 404-894-2291


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