new: modules enabled by default can now be controlled with the -autostart argument

core/core.go

@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ func UniqueInts(a []int, sorted bool) []int {
 	return uniq
 }
 
+func CommaSplit(csv string) []string {
+	filtered := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, part := range strings.Split(csv, ",") {
+		part = Trim(part)
+		if part != "" {
+			filtered = append(filtered, part)
+		}
+	}
+	return filtered
+}
+
 func ExecSilent(executable string, args []string) (string, error) {
 	path, err := exec.LookPath(executable)
 	if err != nil {

core/options.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "flag"
 type Options struct {
 	InterfaceName *string
 	Caplet        *string
+	AutoStart     *string
 	Debug         *bool
 	Silent        *bool
 	NoColors      *bool
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type Options struct {
 func ParseOptions() (Options, error) {
 	o := Options{
 		InterfaceName: flag.String("iface", "", "Network interface to bind to, if empty the default interface will be auto selected."),
+		AutoStart:     flag.String("autostart", "events.stream, net.recon", "Comma separated list of modules to auto start."),
 		Caplet:        flag.String("caplet", "", "Read commands from this file and execute them in the interactive session."),
 		Debug:         flag.Bool("debug", false, "Print debug messages."),
 		Silent:        flag.Bool("silent", false, "Suppress all logs which are not errors."),

main.go

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 var sess *session.Session
 var err error
 
-// Some modules are enabled by default in order
-// to make the interactive session useful.
 var autoEnableList = []string{
 	"events.stream",
 	"net.recon",
@@ -75,10 +73,11 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Start modules that are enabled by default.
+	// Some modules are enabled by default in order
-	for _, modName := range autoEnableList {
+	// to make the interactive session useful.
+	for _, modName := range core.CommaSplit(*sess.Options.AutoStart) {
 		if err = sess.Run(modName + " on"); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("Error while starting module %s: %", modName, err)
+			log.Fatal("Error while starting module %s: %s", modName, err)
 		}
 	}