Making Keep-Alive on by default

lib/core/common.py

@@ -3614,7 +3614,7 @@ def setOptimize():
     """
 
     # conf.predictOutput = True
-    conf.keepAlive = True
+    # Note: persistent (Keep-Alive) connections are now used by default (see _setHTTPHandlers)
     conf.threads = 3 if conf.threads < 3 and cmdLineOptions.threads is None else conf.threads
     conf.nullConnection = not any((conf.data, conf.textOnly, conf.titles, conf.string, conf.notString, conf.regexp, conf.tor))
 

lib/core/option.py

@@ -1241,23 +1241,22 @@ def _setHTTPHandlers():
             handlers.append(_urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(conf.cj))
 
         # Reference: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec8.html
-        if conf.keepAlive:
-            warnMsg = "persistent HTTP(s) connections, Keep-Alive, has "
-            warnMsg += "been disabled because of its incompatibility "
+        # Note: persistent (Keep-Alive) connections are used by default; '--no-keep-alive' opts out,
+        # and they are automatically disabled when incompatible (HTTP(s) proxy, authentication methods,
+        # or chunked transfer-encoding of the request body - handled by a dedicated, non-pooling handler)
+        conf.keepAlive = not conf.noKeepAlive and not conf.proxy and not conf.authType and not conf.chunked
 
-            if conf.proxy:
-                warnMsg += "with HTTP(s) proxy"
-                logger.warning(warnMsg)
-            elif conf.authType:
-                warnMsg += "with authentication methods"
-                logger.warning(warnMsg)
-            else:
-                # Note: persistent connections for both HTTP and HTTPS; the keep-alive
-                # HTTPS handler supersedes the regular one (reusing its SSL connection)
-                if httpsHandler in handlers:
-                    handlers.remove(httpsHandler)
-                handlers.append(keepAliveHandler)
-                handlers.append(keepAliveHandlerHTTPS)
+        if conf.keepAlive:
+            # persistent connections for both HTTP and HTTPS; the keep-alive HTTPS
+            # handler supersedes the regular one (reusing its SSL connection)
+            if httpsHandler in handlers:
+                handlers.remove(httpsHandler)
+            handlers.append(keepAliveHandler)
+            handlers.append(keepAliveHandlerHTTPS)
+        elif not conf.noKeepAlive and (conf.proxy or conf.authType or conf.chunked):
+            reason = "an HTTP(s) proxy" if conf.proxy else ("authentication methods" if conf.authType else "chunked transfer-encoding")
+            debugMsg = "persistent (Keep-Alive) connections were disabled (incompatible with %s)" % reason
+            logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
         opener = _urllib.request.build_opener(*handlers)
         opener.addheaders = []  # Note: clearing default "User-Agent: Python-urllib/X.Y"

lib/core/optiondict.py

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ optDict = {
         "optimize": "boolean",
         "predictOutput": "boolean",
         "keepAlive": "boolean",
+        "noKeepAlive": "boolean",
         "nullConnection": "boolean",
         "threads": "integer",
     },

lib/core/settings.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.6.133"
+VERSION = "1.10.6.134"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)

lib/core/testing.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def vulnTest():
         ("-u <url> -p id --flush-session --proof", ("sqlmap proved exploitation of the following injection point", "Parameter: id (GET)", "Technique: boolean-based blind", "TRUE (5/5)", "repeatably", "Retrieved: back-end DBMS banner '3.")),   # --proof: report-grade proof in the injection-point style - forces the boolean technique (so a multi-technique point still proves), and actively reads a value out as the strongest proof
         ("-r <request> --flush-session -v 5 --test-skip=\"heavy\" --save=<config>", ("CloudFlare", "web application technology: Express", "possible DBMS: 'SQLite'", "User-Agent: foobar", "~Type: time-based blind", "saved command line options to the configuration file")),
         ("-c <config>", ("CloudFlare", "possible DBMS: 'SQLite'", "User-Agent: foobar", "~Type: time-based blind")),
-        ("-l <log> --flush-session --keep-alive --skip-waf -vvvvv --technique=U --union-from=users --banner --parse-errors", ("banner: '3.", "ORDER BY term out of range", "~xp_cmdshell", "Connection: keep-alive")),
+        ("-l <log> --flush-session --skip-waf -vvvvv --technique=U --union-from=users --banner --parse-errors", ("banner: '3.", "ORDER BY term out of range", "~xp_cmdshell", "Connection: keep-alive")),
         ("-l <log> --offline --banner -v 5", ("banner: '3.", "~[TRAFFIC OUT]")),
         ("-u <base> --flush-session --data=\"id=1&_=Eewef6oh\" --chunked --randomize=_ --random-agent --banner", ("fetched random HTTP User-Agent header value", "Parameter: id (POST)", "Type: boolean-based blind", "Type: time-based blind", "Type: UNION query", "banner: '3.")),
         ("-u <base64> -p id --base64=id --data=\"base64=true\" --flush-session --banner --technique=B", ("banner: '3.",)),