On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:06:02AM -0700, Peter Clark wrote: > Maybe now would be a good time to ask a question that I have been > wondering about for some time. Is there any way to have a box give a > false identity for its OS? For example, have Linux tell the outside > world that it is really NT4? You could set up a superficial appearance, sure. But I don't think anyone will be fooled if they telnet to the box and see Connected to ntbox.home.com Escape character is '^]'. Windows NT Server 4.0 ntbox ntbox login: More significantly, though, OS fingerprinting tools rely on quirks of the TCP stack to recognize a host's OS, so you're not going to fool them without rewriting substantial hunks of your kernel. -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+