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Fooling NMAP for Whatever Reason

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-now-isn't-that-fun dept.

taviso writes "Are you bored with your OS fingerprint? Do you dream of being able to impress your friends by convincing them your webserver is running on a sega dreamcast, or Apple LaserWriter? Well Dream no more! David Berrueta has written a paper oulining the techniques and tools available to defeat nmap's OS fingerprinting, available here [pdf]. Besides the hours of entertainment this could provide, he also lists some of the more serious reasons why you might want to consider this."

3 of 192 comments (clear)

  1. *sigh* by nnet · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    It'd be nice to read some of these articles IF THEY WEREN'T GETTING SLASHDOTTED ALL THE TIME. Doesn't ANYBODY think to check with the webmaster of these sites to see if those sites are CAPABLE of the bandwidth required for slashdot users to access them?

    Disgruntled.

  2. Religious war now! by 00_NOP · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What is all this puffery for netBSD on the Dreamcast? Do you know they don't even use the GPL??!!!

    See the url above if you wish to purify yourself.

  3. Re:Don't bother by BigBadBri · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Thou scurvy knave, go swive thyself.

    It is my considered opinion that a villein of your status is likely to have to investigate at least one of the above words, and I look forward to your utterly authoritative response.

    --
    oh brave new world, that has such people in it!