Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:05:10 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: Edd <list@arameus.net> Subject: Re: Utility to guess a remote hosts operating system? Message-ID: <40D98E16.8050303@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406231456190.15108@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> References: <200406231228.i5NCSpD01076@server1.web-mania.com> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406231456190.15108@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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Jan Grant wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Edd wrote: > > >>My question is: >> >>Does such a utility exist? I know nmap can guess os, but it takes a few >>seconds and a port scan is needed first. Is there just a simply util >>that can tell me without the port scan? > > > How would that operate? Some kind of network fingerprinting is required. > If you can narrow down the parameters of your question (eg: I have a > network of windows machines and I'd like to figure out exact versions on > each one) then you might have more luck. > Hi Jan,Edd Perhaps you mean something like: p0f-2.0.3|/usr/ports/net-mgmt/p0f|/usr/local|Passive OS fingerprinting tool|/usr/ports/net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr|trevor@FreeBSD.org|net-mgmt|||http://www.stearns.org/p0f/ Which was written by William Stearns (if you read this bill, HI!), and now maintained by Michal Zalewski (lcamtuf). Try it ;-) -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder |remko@elvandar.org Reporter DSINet |remko@dsinet.org Projectleader Mostly-Harmless |remko@mostly-harmless.nl
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