Conventions used

There are several text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The --exclude and --exclude-file options will be ignored when -iL is used."

A block of code is set as follows:

local vuln = { 
 title = "<TITLE GOES HERE>",
 state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN, 
 references = {"<URL1>", "URL2"},
 description = [[<DESCRIPTION GOES HERE> ]],
 IDS = {CVE = "<CVE ID>", BID = "BID ID"},
 risk_factor = "High/Medium/Low" 
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

local vuln = { 
 title = "<TITLE GOES HERE>",
 state = vulns.STATE.NOT_VULN, 
 references = {"<URL1>", "URL2"},
 description = [[<DESCRIPTION GOES HERE> ]],
 IDS = {CVE = "<CVE ID>", BID = "BID ID"},
 risk_factor = "High/Medium/Low" 
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

# nmap -sV --script vuln --script-args vulns.showall <target>

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: "The -sV option adds an additional column named VERSION that displays the specific software version."

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