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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. Re:Cool :) by chrisseaton · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thanks for that mate. Didn't bother to read the article, did ya?

  2. Re:Already common practice by rem1313 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Yeagh, right!

    walmart.com

  3. Mirror by Phroggy · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Here.

    Please mod this down so I don't get slashdotted too badly. :-X

    --
    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;