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[closed] Apple OS Fingerprinting

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How do you determine if an apple operating system was used to send a packet?

asked 28 Feb '15, 16:52

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closed 28 Feb '15, 16:57

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The question has been closed for the following reason “Duplicate Question, already answered by Guy.” by Jasper 28 Feb ‘15, 16:57


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You can't. Packets sent by Apple OS (or any OS) are not distinguishable by an indicator of some sort. What can be done is passively fingerprinting a stream of packets and deduct what OS it may be coming from based on certain behavioral patterns, but that is not an exact thing to do.

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