The Nmap NSE script "Authenticated AWS RDS Vulnerability Scanning" is a comprehensive security tool designed for conducting in-depth, authenticated vulnerability assessments on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) instances. This script is an integral part of a security professional's toolkit, enabling the identification and evaluation of security vulnerabilities within AWS RDS databases, including popular engines like PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Ensure the openssl library or any other cryptographic library you plan to use is accessible within the NSE environment. NSE does not natively support openssl, so you might need to adapt or find alternatives.
- External Script Integration: If NSE cannot directly execute the necessary cryptographic functions, consider implementing these in an external script (e.g., Python) and call it from the NSE script.
- Complete Signature Implementation: The functions provided for AWS Signature Version 4 are conceptual. Ensure each step correctly imple