Attributes error in nmap XML output

[Thomas Buchanan <tbuchanan () thecompassgrp net>]

I'm working on a fairly simple application that parses the XML output 
from nmap using libxml2.  I have run into a problem with attributes in 
the output of services that use SSL detection.  The tablemethod or 
probedmethod attributes of these service tags contains tunnel="ssl". 
The quotes around ssl seem to be causing the problem.  Here is an example:
<service name="https" tablemethod="tunnel="ssl" " conf="3" />

When running xmllint (from the libxml2 package) these tags generate a 
attributes construct error, which prevents my application from parsing 
them correctly.  I would appreciate any help is working around this issue.

Thanks,

Thomas

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