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It has nothing to do with the ports you have open or closed.  It has
everything to do with the tcp sequence predictability.

Tom


Moritz Hardt wrote:

> hello,
>
> maybe i'm wrong here with this question, but when i scan my
> freebsd-computer with nmap using the -O options, which guesses the os and
> the security-level of the system, it says:
>
> ...
> Difficulty=6312 (Worthy Challenge)
>
> That seems to be _really_ low. it confuses me, because i've shutdown most
> ports, except for 23 and 25.
>
> what does that mean? what can i do?
>
> thanks in advance!
>
> - Moritz Hardt
>
>  ...Keep Lynx Alive!
>
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