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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 1996 00:07:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca
To:        "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: any easy way to tell the OS of an FTP site?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.960317000548.20994A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199603170419.UAA01518@rah.star-gate.com>

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On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Amancio Hasty Jr. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am curious to know if www.diamond.com is running freebsd.

Telnet to them!  For example, telnet://ftp.cdrom.com will produce 
something like 

FreeBSD wcarchive.cdrom.com

Login:

	Actually, the alt.2600 faq has a whole section on identifying 
which OS xxx site is running based on what type of login prompt it gives 
you.A

--
tIM...HOEk



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