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merge soc07 r5083 - remove old traceroute consolidation examples from docs. The messages are now textual and self explanatory

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@ -689,26 +689,6 @@ Traceroutes are performed post-scan using information from the scan results to d
<para>
Traceroute works by sending packets with a low TTL (time-to-live) in an attempt to illicit ICMP TTL_EXCCEDED messages from intermediate hops between the scanner and the target host. Standard traceroute implementation start with a TTL of 1 and increment the TTL until the destination host is reached. Nmap's traceroute starts with a high TTL and then decrements the TTL until it reaches 0. Doing it backwards lets nmap employ clever caching algorithms to speed up traces over multiple hosts. On average nmap sends 5-10 fewer packets per host, depending on network conditions. If a single subnet is being scanned (i.e. 192.168.0.0/24) nmap may only have to send a single packet to most hosts.
</para>
<para>
The output from each trace is consolidated to save space, There are two type of consolidation: timed out and reference trace. A reference trace is a cache of hops nmap has already reported.
</para>
<example id="man-ex-trace-timeout">
<title>Timeout consolidation</title>
<screen format="linespecific">
1 ... Hop 1 timed out
1 ... 6 Hop 1 to 6 timed out
</screen>
</example>
<example id="man-ex-trace-consol">
<title>Reference consolidation (hop cache)</title>
<screen format="linespecific">
1 -- Hop 1 has been taken from the reference trace
1 --> 6 Hop 1 to 6 have been taken from the reference trace
</screen>
</example>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>