1.84b: Option -S removed.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Version 1.84b:
+--------------
+
+  - Option -S removed.
+
 Version 1.83b:
 --------------
 

Makefile

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 
 PROGNAME   = skipfish
-VERSION    = 1.83b
+VERSION    = 1.84b
 
 OBJFILES   = http_client.c database.c crawler.c analysis.c report.c
 INCFILES   = alloc-inl.h string-inl.h debug.h types.h http_client.h \

README

@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ $ ./skipfish -X /logout/logout.aspx ...other parameters...
 
 The -X option is also useful for speeding up your scans by excluding /icons/, 
 /doc/, /manuals/, and other standard, mundane locations along these lines. In 
-general, you can use -X, plus -I (only spider URLs matching a substring) and 
--S (ignore links on pages where a substring appears in response body) to 
+general, you can use -X and -I (only spider URLs matching a substring) to
 limit the scope of a scan any way you like - including restricting it only to 
 a specific protocol and port:
 

database.c

@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@
 struct pivot_desc root_pivot;
 
 u8 **deny_urls,                         /* List of banned URL substrings   */
-   **deny_strings,                      /* List of banned page substrings  */
    **allow_urls,                        /* List of required URL substrings */
    **allow_domains,                     /* List of allowed vhosts          */
    **trust_domains,                     /* List of trusted vhosts          */
    **skip_params;                       /* List of parameters to ignore    */
 
 u32 num_deny_urls,
-    num_deny_strings,
     num_allow_urls,
     num_allow_domains,
     num_trust_domains,
@@ -1398,7 +1396,6 @@ void destroy_database() {
   dealloc_pivots(0);
 
   ck_free(deny_urls);
-  ck_free(deny_strings);
   ck_free(allow_urls);
   ck_free(allow_domains);
   ck_free(trust_domains);

database.h

@@ -334,11 +334,10 @@ u8 same_page(struct http_sig* sig1, struct http_sig* sig2);
    (_cnt)++; \
  } while (0)
 
-extern u8 **deny_urls, **deny_strings, **allow_urls, **allow_domains,
+extern u8 **deny_urls, **allow_urls, **allow_domains,
           **trust_domains, **skip_params;
 
 extern u32 num_deny_urls,
-           num_deny_strings,
            num_allow_urls,
            num_allow_domains,
            num_trust_domains,

skipfish.1

@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ only follow URLs matching 'string'
 .B \-X string
 exclude URLs matching 'string'
 .TP
-.B \-S string
-exclude pages containing 'string'
-.TP
 .B \-K string
 do not fuzz query parameters or form fields named 'string'
 .TP

skipfish.c

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static void usage(char* argv0) {
       "  -q hex         - repeat probabilistic scan with given seed\n"
       "  -I string      - only follow URLs matching 'string'\n"
       "  -X string      - exclude URLs matching 'string'\n"
-      "  -S string      - exclude pages containing 'string'\n"
       "  -K string      - do not fuzz parameters named 'string'\n"
       "  -D domain      - crawl cross-site links to another domain\n"
       "  -B domain      - trust, but do not crawl, another domain\n"
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   SAY("skipfish version " VERSION " by <[email protected]>\n");
 
   while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv,
-          "+A:F:C:H:b:Nd:c:x:r:p:I:X:S:D:POYQMZUEK:W:LVT:G:R:B:q:g:m:f:t:w:i:s:o:hue")) > 0)
+          "+A:F:C:H:b:Nd:c:x:r:p:I:X:D:POYQMZUEK:W:LVT:G:R:B:q:g:m:f:t:w:i:s:o:hue")) > 0)
 
     switch (opt) {
 
@@ -277,11 +276,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         APPEND_FILTER(deny_urls, num_deny_urls, optarg);
         break;
 
-      case 'S':
-        if (*optarg == '*') optarg++;
-        APPEND_FILTER(deny_strings, num_deny_strings, optarg);
-        break;
-
       case 'T': {
           u8* x = (u8*)strchr(optarg, '=');
           if (!x) FATAL("Rules must be in 'name=value' form.");