Formal CPE conformance?

[nnposter <nnposter () users sourceforge net>]

I have noticed that the service probe file is not always using standard
CPE entries. As an example, one entry has been "dlink:dls-2750u".

In r36385 I have fixed the obvious typo, changing it to "dlink:dsl-2750u".

However, reviewing the official CPE dictionary, the entry should be
"d-link:dsl2750u".

I can fix this particular one but my question is whether such deviations
from official CPE entries are purely accidental or sometimes
intentional. Put differently, does Nmap have any dependency on keeping
around these custom entries?

A related question is whether it is OK to make these corrections
directly in nmap-service-probes or is there some upstream source that
needs to be updated?


Cheers,
nnposter
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