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nipper(1)							     nipper(1)

NAME
       nipper  - Network Infrastructure Parser. Produces reports based of net‐
       work device configuration file settings.

SYNOPSIS
       nipper [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       Nipper processes network	 infrastructure	 device	 configuration	files,
       performs	 a security audit and produces a report based on the findings.
       The default report will contain sections on the security related issues
       identified,  the	 configuration	of  the device and an appendicies with
       additional information. Nipper currently supports the following	device
       types:

       * Cisco Switches (IOS)		       * Juniper NetScreen Firewall
       * Cisco Routers (IOS)		       * CheckPointer Firewall-1
       * Cisco Catalyst (IOS)		       * Nortel Passport
       * Cisco Firewall (PIX)		       * Sonicwall Firewall
       * Cisco Firewall (ASA)
       * Cisco Firewall (FWSM)
       * Cisco Catalyst (CatOS)
       * Cisco Catalyst (NMP)
       * Cisco Content Service Switches

OPTIONS
       --help For help on all the options.

EXAMPLES
       To produce an HTML formatted report for a Juniper NetScreen device:

       nipper --screenos --input=config.txt --output=report.html

       To produce an XML formatted report for a Cisco PIX firewall:

       nipper --pix --xml --input=pix-config.txt --output=report.xml

       To produce an HTML formatted report for a CheckPoint Firewall-1:

       nipper	   --fw1     --input=/root/config-backups/fw1/conf/	--out‐
       put=report.html

       To produce an HTML formatted report for a Cisco IOS-based router	 using
       an external configuration file:

       nipper --config=nipper.conf --input=router.txt --output=report.html

AUTHOR
       Nipper was developed by Ian Ventura-Whiting (Fizz).

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2006-2008 Ian Ventura-Whiting.
       This  is	 free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms   of   the	  GNU	General	  Public   License   v3	   or	 above
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There  is  NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       nipper.conf(5)

				 January 2008			     nipper(1)

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