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Make a few corrections in the Reference Guide: "lua" -> "Lua"; fix a strangely worded sentence; and remove a note saying that the gen-1 OS detection might go away in 2006.

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@@ -1749,13 +1749,12 @@ way.</para>
submit, but you don't know what OS the target is running,
try <option>-O1</option>. But in that case, <emphasis
role="bold">don't submit the fingerprint</emphasis> as you
don't know for sure whether <option>-O1</option> guess
don't know for sure whether <option>-O1</option> guessed
correctly. If it was perfect, we wouldn't have bothered to
create <option>-O2</option>.</para>
<para>This option, and all other vestiges of the old OS
detection system, will likely be removed in late 2006 or in
2007.</para>
detection system, will likely be removed in 2007.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1827,7 +1826,7 @@ way.</para>
<para>
The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) combines the efficiency of Nmap's
network handling with the versatility of the lightweight scripting language
<ulink url="http://lua.org">lua</ulink>, thus providing innumerable
<ulink url="http://lua.org">Lua</ulink>, thus providing innumerable
opportunities. A more extensive documentation of the NSE (including its
API) can be found at: <ulink url="http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nse"/>. The
target of the NSE is to provide Nmap with a flexible infrastructure for
@@ -1851,7 +1850,7 @@ way.</para>
<literal>malware</literal> and <literal>backdoor</literal>)- Both attackers
and worms often leave backdoors&mdash;be it in form of SMTP-servers listening on
uncommon ports mostly used by spammers for mail relay, or in form of an
FTP-server giving crackers access to critical data. A few lines of lua code
FTP-server giving crackers access to critical data. A few lines of Lua code
can help to identify those loopholes easily.
</para>
<para>
@@ -1883,12 +1882,12 @@ way.</para>
run <command>nmap --script=malware target-ip</command> and check the output
afterwards. The <literal>version</literal>-scripts are always run
implicitely when a script-scan is requested. The
<filename>script.db</filename> is a lua-script itself and can be updated
<filename>script.db</filename> is a Lua-script itself and can be updated
through the <option>--script-updatedb</option> option.
</para>
<para>
A NSE-script basically is a chunk of lua-code which has (among some
A NSE-script basically is a chunk of Lua-code which has (among some
informational fields, like name, id and categories) 2 functions: a test
whether the particular script should be run against a certain host or port
(called a <literal>hostrule</literal> or <literal>portrule</literal>
@@ -1953,7 +1952,7 @@ way.</para>
<para>
lets you provide arguments to NSE-scripts. Arguments are passed as
name=value pairs. The provided argument is processed and stored
inside a lua-table, to which all scripts have access. The names are
inside a Lua table, to which all scripts have access. The names are
taken as strings (which have to be alphanumeric values) and used as
keys inside the argument-table. Values are either strings or tables
themselves (starting with a '{' and ending with a '}'). Subtables make
@@ -2000,7 +1999,7 @@ way.</para>
</indexterm>
<para>
updates the script database which stores a mapping from
category tags to filenames. The database is a lua script which is
category tags to filenames. The database is a Lua script which is
interpreted once to choose a set of scripts from the categories
provided to the <option>--script</option> argument.
It should be run if you have changed the <literal>categories</literal>