Andres Riancho wrote:
> List,
> 
>     I've created a task in the TODO list for v1.0 some time ago, that
> basically says [0]:
> 
> """I should separate discovery plugins into two different types:
> 
> - The ones that find new URLs
> - The ones that find things about the site"""
> 
>     A clear example of a plugin that finds new URLs is the webSpider,
> and a clear example of a plugin that "finds things about the site" is
> the hmap plugin, which fingerprints the remote webserver. I've been
> thinking, and I'm pretty sure that w3af is going to have a plugin
> family called "crawl" for the plugins that "look like webSpider",
> but... I'm not sure how to call the other plugin family. Anybody has
> ideas? Please share =)
> 
> [0] 
> https://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?func=detailtask&project_task_id=147178&group_id=170274&group_project_id=48542
> 
> Cheers,

What about plugins like googleSpider, which don't really crawl, but do 
do URL discovery?
The straightforward "URL discovery" might be a better option for that 
section, and perhaps "technology discovery" or similar for the other 
section?

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