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remove text about the registry being rebuilt for every group, as that is something we will likely fix soon

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fyodor 2008-11-07 20:09:48 +00:00
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@ -1440,12 +1440,7 @@ try(socket:send(result))
<para>
The registry is a normal Lua table. What is special about it
is that it is visible by all scripts and it retains its state
between script executions. Nmap does not scan every host
specified on the command line at the same time, it puts them
in smaller groups and these groups are scanned in parallel. The
registry is rebuilt for every group, so information stored
there is only deleted after NSE finishes processing the
current target group. This implies of course that the registry
between script executions. The registry
is transient&mdash;it is not stored between Nmap executions. Every
script can read the registry and write to it. If a script is
running after another script, it can read some information in