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Old Nov 14th, 2004, 6:11 PM   #4
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OS fingerprinting attempts to find a user's OS remotely (or even over a local network, or computer) by probing open TCP ports and determining characteristics on the ports available and not available as well as the data the available ports return pertaining to specific operating systems.

What your looking for you would think to be easier, however the problem stands that every operating system really has their own way of recording that information. Where do you plan on attempting to epxtrapolate this information? Trying to detmine an OS from a browser with Javascript is much more different than doing so from a command line.
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