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Canonicalize capitalization of protocol names. Generally we use capitalized forms in probes. When quoting from Nmap output we use whatever Nmap uses and enclose it in <literal> or similar tags.

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@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ you would expect.</para>
services simply ignore the empty packet and fail to return
any response. This is why the default probe port is 31338,
which is highly unlikely to be in use. A few services, such
as chargen, will respond to an empty UDP packet, and thus
as the Character Generator (chargen) protocol, will respond to an empty UDP packet, and thus
disclose to Nmap that the machine is available.</para>
<para>The primary advantage of this scan type is that it
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ even if this option is not specified.
<para>These states are not intrinsic
properties of the port itself, but describe how Nmap sees them. For
example, an Nmap scan from the same network as the target may show
port 135/tcp as open, while a scan at the same time with the same
port <literal>135/tcp</literal> as open, while a scan at the same time with the same
options from across the Internet might show that port as <literal>filtered</literal>.</para>
<variablelist><title>The six port states recognized by Nmap</title>
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ way.</para>
Ports can also be specified by name according to what the
port is referred to in the <filename>nmap-services</filename>. You
can even use the wildcards * and ? with the names. For example, to scan
FTP and all ports whose names begin with http, use <option>-p ftp,http*</option>.
FTP and all ports whose names begin with <quote>http</quote>, use <option>-p ftp,http*</option>.
Be careful about shell expansions and quote the argument to <option>-p</option> if unsure.</para>
<para>Ranges of ports can be surrounded by square brackets to indicate
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ way.</para>
<para>Point Nmap at a remote machine and it might tell you
that ports 25/tcp, 80/tcp, and 53/udp are open. Using its
that ports <literal>25/tcp</literal>, <literal>80/tcp</literal>, and <literal>53/udp</literal> are open. Using its
<filename>nmap-services</filename><indexterm><primary><filename>nmap-services</filename></primary></indexterm>
database of about 2,200
well-known services,<indexterm><primary>well-known ports</primary></indexterm>
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ way.</para>
database contains probes
for querying various services and match expressions to recognize
and parse responses. Nmap tries to determine the service protocol
(e.g. FTP, SSH, telnet, HTTP), the application name (e.g. ISC
(e.g. FTP, SSH, Telnet, HTTP), the application name (e.g. ISC
BIND, Apache httpd, Solaris telnetd), the version number,
hostname, device type (e.g. printer, router), the OS family
(e.g. Windows, Linux) and sometimes miscellaneous details like