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+The following is a list of data files that should be kept up-to-date from external data sources:
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+Maybe a separate document to track this, or maybe a unique string to grep for. Preliminary list:
+- nmap-service-probes
+    - Some match lines are auto-generated from source code (postgresql, for one)
+    - Some lines depend on the current date (marked in comments by "TIME")
+- nmap-mac-prefixes - from IEEE
+- nmap-rpc - from IANA
+- nmap-protocols - from IANA
+- nmap-services - no current automated process for updating these from IANA
+- nselib/tls.lua - TLS versions, ciphersuites, messages, and extensions from IANA
+- nselib/eap.lua - EAP method types from IANA
+- nselib/data/enterprise\_numbers.txt - from IANA
+- nselib/data/mgroupnames.db - multicast group names from IANA
+- scripts/snmp-interfaces.nse - interface types from IANA
+- nselib/data/wp-plugins.lst - Wordpress plugins from wordpress.org