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Date:      Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:31:06 -0400 (AST)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netcraft survey ... what ports?
Message-ID:  <20020402232731.Y2337-100000@mail1.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020402210936.02b8edf8@pop3s.schulte.org>

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# sysctl net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=1
net.inet.tcp.rfc1323: 1 -> 1

4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #6: Mon Mar 25 21:01:05 CST 2002

I'm not sure at what point it stopped though ... I am sitting behind a
Cisco PIX, but I also know it was working, and we haven't changed any
rules on the PIX since we installed it ...

Any idea on how it detects the OS?  Righ tnow, I have all ports in
inetd.conf disabled, which I believe is the default with FreeBSD now ...
do some of those have to be open'd for the detection to work?  Would be a
shame for 'FreeBSD usage' to drop in netcraft stats as ppl upgrade to the
more recent versions :(



On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Christopher Schulte wrote:

> At 11:01 PM 4/2/2002 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> >Morning all ...
> >
> >         Does anyone know what ports need to be open for netcraft to
> >determine OS and uptime?  My host used to record properly, now the OS is
> >listed as 'unknown' and no uptime reports show up :(
>
> Netcraft looks at the actual TCP packets sent by the Operating System.
>
> If you have RFC 1323 extensions on, it should detect your uptime.
>
> tcp_extensions="YES"            # Set to NO to turn off RFC1323 extensions.
>
> I don't know why they can't detect your OS, however.  What version of
> FreeBSD are you running, and do you have a firewall or other device that
> might somehow mask the results?
>
> >Thanks ...
>
> --
> Christopher Schulte
> http://www.schulte.org/
> Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org
> email address.  This address is valid.
>
>


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