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How do you determine the operating system used to send a packet?

asked 28 Feb '15, 10:02

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A single packet probably won't be good enough. The technique used to try to guess the OS used on a machine, based on network traffic from that machine, is called "OS fingerprinting", and a Google search for it reveals a number of links; check the pages it finds for more information.

answered 28 Feb '15, 14:07

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