Developer Todo List

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

Task To Be Done

Next Release

PKB: Move 12/24 storage from static info to a Global location.

PKB: Review %Post (PKB)

PKB: Need to finish up Nessus and Inprotect.

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

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

PKB: Update Final ISO Build Scripts.

Nuke Old Source

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

Documentation

• 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

• PKB: Finish review of NST Update Page...

• RWH: Post search for LIVE_ROOT. README.nst/LICENSE.nst on ISO top level directory

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

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

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

• RWH: Decide if we want tcptrace on x86_64 - only available on 32 bit.

• RWH: Review app for inclusion - added hammerhead as an RPM to the NST Distro...

• RWH: Create our own version of the p7zip package with the UNRAR plugin enabled as Ron really really wants to be able to extract RAR files and isn't happy with the unrar package. Here are Ron's notes:

• 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