On 8/23/2011 8:26 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
From an IP address, can I tell what OS is running ?
Maybe if you're lucky. nmap has a database of behavioral signatures it can use to _attempt_ to deduce the running OS/firmware/other-software from various clues, but it's absolutely utter pot luck blind shot in the dark no way to know if anything about the results are actually true. Not only might you get no or inconclusive results, but you can't even really know that a positive ID is true (that really means there is no such thing as a positive ID). Everything that nmap or any other util can observe remotely can be hidden or spoofed or just plain not distinct enough even if no hiding or spoofing is going on.
Case in point, AT&T DNS server IP addresses - do they have a virus ?
Might as well ask what color paint is on the front. -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org