clamd versus clam in nmap-service-probes

[Lionel Cons <lionel.cons () cern ch>]

The nmap-service-probes contains "service names" after each "match"
keyword. The documentation says:

 | service
 | 
 |     This is simply the service name that the pattern matches. Examples
 |     would be ssh, smtp, http, or snmp.

For a given product, for instance Clam AV, what should be the service
name? clam (short) or clamd (for Clam Daemon)?

Looking at the latest nmap-service-probes from Subversion, I counted
449 different service names. Out of these, only 48 end with a "d" (see
the list at the end of this email). So it seems that we omit the final
"d for daemon" in the vast majority of the cases. Should some of these
services be renamed to remove the trailing "d"? I would personally
prefer to see "clam" instead of "clamd"

I would be in favour of a clear guideline to help choosing the service
name. Something like "always remove the trailing 'd' if it stands for
'daemon' unless it is an official service name registered by IANA".

Comments?

Cheers,

Lionel Cons

apcnisd
arkeiad
artsd
bacula-fd
bacula-sd
bnetd
bprd
clamd
clsbd
cmaed
dgld
distccd
gpsd
halfd
hpiod
hpssd
icecreamd
imond
inetd
irrd
jmond
ksystemguard
lexlmd
monopd
mpd
mud
nbd
nessusd
p4d
pblocald
pbmasterd
pksd
pmud
policyd
pppd
qotd
radmind
rpacd
rpd
sarad
serversettingsd
spamd
tgcmd
utrmcd
utsessiond
vnetd
wesnotd
xinetd

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