Hosts check

from phpIPAM there is a setting called Hosts check. Add the ability to use this flag.

Details

When setting Hosts check is enabled for a subnet, the scanner should check if the hosts that already exist in the DB are alive. this scan time should be configurable in the agent.

any host that has field Ping exclude set to true should not be scanned.

nmap has the following options to exclude hosts.

  --exclude <host1[,host2][,host3],...>: Exclude hosts/networks
  --excludefile <exclude_file>: Exclude list from file

Requirements

• scan time configurable, default to 5 mins

• Discover new hosts phpIPAM setting does not update hosts already in the database

• ONLY checks existing hosts

• hosts with Ping exclude=true not scanned