Developer Todo List

This page contains a list of tasks in the current work queue.

Task To Be Done

Next Release

tcptrace (RWH)

RWH: Decide if we want tcptrace on x86_64

Hammerhead (RWH)

RWH: Review app for inclusion...

Nessus/Inprotect (PKB)

PKB: Need to finish up Nessus and Inprotect.

Sguil (PKB)

PKB: Need to disable sguil for now - we can add it back later via yum update if desired.

nst-live-minimal (PKB)

PKB: Make sub 700MB ISO for CD boot then yum install nst-live to get rest.

Review %post (PKB)

PKB: Go through %post scripts in spec files under yum and check for "last" condition.

Fix Kismet (PKB)

PKB: Fix kismet (in particular remove kudzu look at other auto detect options).

phpSysInfo/nstwui (PKB)

PKB: Try to remove nstwui dependency on phpSysInfo and upgrade phpSysInfo.

Create Yum Mirrors (PKB)

PKB: Create process and build stuff to support a NST yum mirror set instead of a dedicated yum repository.

Update Final ISO Build Scripts

PKB: Unlikely that current build scripts will still work for making final release.

Nuke Old Source

PKB: There are a lot of areas (src/package, bin, src/updates, ...) that can all be removed.

Documentation

• README.nst.txt/LICENSE.nst.txt on ISO top level directory

• Review NST Update page.

• Review/update HTML pages (broken @macros, relevant content, ...).

• Make sure docs directory still build.

• PKB: Update build release docs (move from technical docbook file to Wiki like Firefox).

• PKB: Add instructions for the partitioning of a blank/raw hard disk to the NST Wiki hard disk installation section.

• PKB: Add article to Wiki on using Kismet with GPS and then viewing results in Google Earth using the NST. Add link to wikipedia page as well (when complete).

Completed Tasks

• RWH: Icons (Gnome/NST Menu), Helper startup script fails...

• PKB: Add embedded video extension to wiki (see: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EmbedVideo) to allow us to embed things like YouTube videos.

• PKB: Add new page "Video Examples" to provide a reference to videos generated by people using NST.

• PKB: Add the http://public.youtranscript.com/zs/749.html video (using NMAP from NST). The YouTube address is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUg10x5UbLQ

• PKB: Add Tom Bower's NST video at http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1301195_mem1,00.html?track=NL-422&ad=621619&asrc=EM_NLT_3145395

• RWH: Finish snort alert tool section in WUI.

• PKB: Check out pkb's assortment of wireless cards for the latest Fedora kernel.

• PKB: Review snort pages.

• PKB: patch nikto/niktorat.

• PKB: Review/test Minicom Terminal Server Access Page.

• PKB: Review/test Monitor Serial Page.

• PKB: add root permissions/ownership test.

• RWH: update to latest wireshark release v1.0.3

• RWH/PKB: update to latest Fedora 8 kernel...

• RWH: Finish DOM tooltip look for new @nstWikiPage("")...

• RWH/PKB: Add any NST WUI - NST Wiki references...

• PKB: updates for latest Fedora 8 firefox release

• PKB: create a php page for NST Wiki page reference for the NST WUI. For Example: http://www.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nst/tools/wiki.php?page=Multi-Tap_Network_Packet_Capturing

• PKB: Force NST Editor to top of Page when entering

• PKB: Force Vertical Input scroll bar on NST JavaScript Console

• RWH: Fix standard tooltips to DOM Tooltips on info section of browse page...

• RWH: Create close icon for "Resultant Window" - NIC adapter...

• PKB: Add server-status server-info to apache config and reference in menu/index

• PKB: Add http-ping app

• PKB: Add Copy/Move action to NST File System Browser WUI page

• PKB: Add ssh/telnet java applet to Minicom Access Server Page

• RWH: Add serial port chk using lsof for with config form...

• PKB: Check out nikto implementation

• PKB: Review latest Nmap NST WUI page