MonkeyShell: using XML-RPC for access to a remote shell

From: Abe Usher (securitylist_at_SHARP-IDEAS.NET)
Date: 10/11/04

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    Security pundits have been warning about the dangers implicit with Web
    services for years. A good starting point for understanding the security
    issues related to Web services can be found at:
    http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci872720,00.html

    Of course to really understand the security risks posed by Web services,
    you need to understand the basics of Web services. Enter an application
    I wrote called "Monkey Shell."

    MonkeyShell is a simple open source Python application that uses
    extensible markup language remote procedure calls (XML-RPC) to execute
    commands through a remote system shell.

    I kept the code terse (less than 100 lines total) so that it can be
    studied easily. It is similar to netcat except instead of "shell
    shoveling" data through a raw TCP connection, it wraps data in XML and
    transports it over HTTP.

    MonkeyShell is freely available at:
    http://www.sharp-ideas.net/

    Cheers,
    Abe Usher, CISSP 

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