Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:55:15 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Markus Mueller <casparos@yahoo.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: own OS-Name Message-ID: <20080731075515.c0f01099.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4891256E.6090903@yahoo.de> References: <4891256E.6090903@yahoo.de>
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In response to Markus Mueller <casparos@yahoo.de>: > I will create my own *BSD OS based on FreeBSD. > How can I change the Name of this OS ? > I mean, that in Logfiles, for example, of servers, which I connect by > sufing in the web and in application which locate the OS instead > "FREEBSD" an another OS-Name "MyOS-Name" will be displayed. In addition to Giorgos' answer, there are tools, such as nmap, that identify the OS by it's behaviour and not by any string that appears anywhere. In order to convince those tools that your OS is not FreeBSD, you'll have to alter the IP code to cause it to behave in a manner that is unique. Good luck doing _that_ without breaking things. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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