Saving and Loading Scan Results

To save scan results to a file, first select the scan tab containing the scan you wish to save, then choose “Save Scan” from the “Scan” menu. The ctrl+S keyboard shortcut does the same thing. Results are saved in Umit Scan Results (.usr) format, which is similar to Nmap XML output but contains additional information about the scan, such as the name of the profile used. Recall that the -oX option makes command-line Nmap produce XML output, as in nmap -oX results.xml localhost.

Saved results are loaded by choosing “Open Scan” from the “Scan” menu, or by typing the ctrl+O keyboard shortcut. Zenmap can load Umit Scan Results (.usr) and Nmap XML output files. Once loaded, the scan results are displayed as if a scan had just finished. Newly opened scan results are placed in a new tab so any other scan results that may be open are not overwritten.

The Recent Scans Database

All recent scans, whether they are saved to a file or not, are stored in a database. This allows easy searching of recent scans without requiring that the results of every scan be saved to a file. The database is stored in a file called zenmap.db and its location is platform-dependent; see the section called “Files Used by Zenmap”. By default, scans are kept in the database for 60 days and then removed. This time interval can be changed in the search interface (see the section called “Searching Saved Results”) or by modifying the value of the save_time variable in the [search] section of zenmap.conf (see the section called “Description of zenmap.conf”).