Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

XSL style sheets are used to view XML files straight from web browsers. Unfortunately, modern web browsers include stricter, same origin policy restrictions, so it is more convenient to generate HTML reports instead of trying to view the XML file directly.

The xsltproc utility takes the following arguments:

$xsltproc <input file> -o <output file>

The reference to the XSL style sheet is included in the XML file, and the style is taken from there. You need to make sure that the referenced XSL style sheet is readable; otherwise, xsltproc will fail. By default, Nmap ships nmap.xsl to your installation directory. If you don't have it in your system, you can download it, place it in your working directory, and use the directive ...