Run nikto from an ssh host.

niktome.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Name:     niktome.py
# Purpose:  Run Nikto From My Cloud.
# By:       Jerry Gamblin
# Date:     15.05.15
# Modified  15.05.15
# Rev Level 0.5
# -----------------------------------------------


import sys
import time
import select
import paramiko


sys.stderr = open('/dev/null')

sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__


#Define the colors I am going to use.

def color(text, color_code):
    if sys.platform == "win32" and os.getenv("TERM") != "xterm":
        return text

    return '\x1b[%dm%s\x1b[0m' % (color_code, text)


def red(text):
    return color(text, 31)


def blink(text):
    return color(text, 5)


def green(text):
    return color(text, 32)


def blue(text):
    return color(text, 34)

#Overly Dramatic Warning
print (red('This is probably illegal. Don"t Be Stupid. Prison Sucks.\n'))

#Set Host and Username
host = ''
name = ''

#Count Some Stuff.
t2retry = 1

#Get Host To Nikto
host2scan= raw_input(blue("What website do you want to run Nikto against?: "))


# Try to connect to the host.
# Retry a few times if it fails.

while True:
    print "Trying to connect to %s (%i/30)" % (host, t2retry)

    try:
        ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
        ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
        ssh.connect(host,22,name)
        print "Connected to %s" % host
        break
    except paramiko.AuthenticationException:
        print "Authentication failed when connecting to %s" % host
        sys.exit(1)
    except:
        print "Could not SSH to %s, waiting for it to start" % host
        t2retry += 1
        time.sleep(2)

    # If we could not connect within time limit
    if t2retry== 30:
        print "Could not connect to %s. Giving up" % host
        sys.exit(1)

# Send the command (non-blocking)
stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command("nikto -h " + host2scan)

# Wait for the command to terminate
while not stdout.channel.exit_status_ready():
    # Only print data if there is data to read in the channel
    if stdout.channel.recv_ready():
        rl, wl, xl = select.select([stdout.channel], [], [], 0.0)
        if len(rl) > 0:
            # Print data from stdout
            print stdout.channel.recv(1024),

#
# Disconnect from the host
#
print (red("Nikto done, closing SSH connection"))
ssh.close()