Re: OS Fingerprinting

[Niels Heinen <niels.heinen () ubizen com>]

I totally agree. It would be nice if you could specify what
tests should be performed during the fingerprinting. Ok, disabling tests
will make things less accurate but sometimes you don't need to
know the patch level ;p

nmap -O -os_test 2,3 <target>

Niels


Bill Petersen wrote:
> And while we are on the subject of OS fingerprinting, I need the OS 
> fingerprinting to be "kinder and gentler".  When I OS fingerprint my 
> network, several machines "fall over".  They lockup, crash, or certain 
> services lock up.  I get a lot of heat for this.
>
> I realize that most if it is poor programming by the vendor of the OS or 
> network stack, but it really restricts what I can do.
> People don't like me crashing their routers, PBX, printers, clear case, ...
>
> Bill Petersen, CISSP
> Senior Information Security Analyst
> Alcatel North America Information Security
> Bill.Petersen () alcatel com
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