Re: Bug#1064033: ITP: asn -- network OSINT CLI ASN, RPKI, BGP, Geo, Recon, Trace
On February 16, 2024 1:11:34 AM UTC, "Marcos Rodrigues de Carvalho (aka oday)" <marcosrcarvalho42@gmail.com> wrote:
>Package: wnpp
>Severity: wishlist
>Owner: "Marcos Rodrigues de Carvalho (aka oday)" <marcosrcarvalho42@gmail.com>
>X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, marcosrcarvalho42@gmail.com
>
>* Package name : asn
> Version : 0.75.3
> Upstream Contact: Adriano nitefood
>* URL : https://github.com/nitefood/asn/
>* License : Expat
> Programming Lang: shell script
> Description : network OSINT CLI ASN, RPKI, BGP, Geo, Recon, Trace
>
> provides in-depth network analysis, including ASN, RPKI, BGP, IP geolocation,
> and network reconnaissance. It supports incident investigation and offers IP
> tracing and lookup capabilities. It enables quick and efficient queries for
> understanding and decision-making in cybersecurity environments.
> .
> this tool in summary does:
> - ASN: Identifies Autonomous System Numbers
> - RPKI validity: Validates route announcements
> - BGP stats: Provides statistics on Border Gateway Protocol
> - IPv4v6 Prefix: Deals with IP address prefixes
> - ASPath: Tracks the path of Autonomous Systems
> - Organization: Identifies the organization owning an IP address
> - IP reputation: Assesses the reputation of an IP address
> - IP geolocation: Determines the geographical location of an IP address
> - IP fingerprinting: Identifies unique characteristics of an IP address
> - Network recon: Conducts reconnaissance on a network
> - Lookup tool: Searches for information about IP addresses
> - Web traceroute server: Traces the path of data packets over the Internet
This is a super generic package name and it apparently does more than ASN lookups, so not very accurate either. I would definitely encourage you to work with upstream to find a more unique and less inaccurate name before packaging this.
Scott K
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