Make --keep-alive public

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ sqlmap (0.9-1) stable; urgency=low
     (Bernardo).
   * Added support to fetch unicode data (Bernardo and Miroslav).
   * Added support for SOAP based web services requests (Bernardo).
+  * Added support to use persistent HTTP(s) connection for speed
+    improvement, --keep-alive switch (Miroslav).
   * Added safe URL feature, --safe-url and --safe-freq (Miroslav).
   * Added --use-between switch to use BETWEEN syntax in inferencial
     statement and bypass firewalls filtering '>' character (Bernardo and

lib/core/optiondict.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ optDict = {
                                "aType":             "string",
                                "aCred":             "string",
                                "aCert":             "string",
+                               "keepAlive":         "boolean",
                                "proxy":             "string",
                                "ignoreProxy":       "boolean",
                                "threads":           "integer",

lib/parse/cmdline.py

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
                            help="HTTP authentication certificate ("
                                 "key_file,cert_file)")
 
+        request.add_option("--keep-alive", dest="keepAlive", action="store_true",
+                           help="Use persistent HTTP(s) connections")
+
         request.add_option("--proxy", dest="proxy",
                            help="Use a HTTP proxy to connect to the target url")
 
@@ -454,9 +457,6 @@ def cmdLineParser():
         parser.add_option("--common-prediction", dest="useCommonPrediction", action="store_true",
                           help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
 
-        parser.add_option("--keep-alive", dest="keepAlive", action="store_true",
-                          help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
-
         parser.add_option_group(target)
         parser.add_option_group(request)
         parser.add_option_group(injection)

sqlmap.conf

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ aCred =
 # Syntax: key_file,cert_file
 aCert = 
 
+# Use persistent HTTP(s) connections
+keepAlive = False
+
 # Use a HTTP proxy to connect to the target url.
 # Syntax: http://address:port
 proxy =