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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.

perl v5.8.8							    2006-11-06							 GENLIST.MAN.1(1p)