Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:19:12 +0200 From: Colin Alston <karnaugh@karnaugh.za.net> To: vxp <vxp@digital-security.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fooling nmap Message-ID: <4139DCF0.7070008@karnaugh.za.net> In-Reply-To: <20040904093042.B37306@digital-security.org> References: <20040904093042.B37306@digital-security.org>
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vxp wrote: >Hi, > >I'm wondering if it'd be a good idea / worth it to modify the kernel a bit >and add a few sysctl switches so the user would be able to choose what OS >he wants the box to appear as, to a nmap scan ? > >It'd require, obviously, a few modifications to the networking code. >Please elaborate on why you don't think its a good idea, if thats the >case.. and feel free to give any comments/suggestions if you think it is a >good idea as well. =) > >Val > > > What exactly is the point/benefit of such a change? -- Colin Alston <karnaugh@karnaugh.za.net> About the use of language: "It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead." -- E.W.Dijkstra, 18th June 1975. (Perl did not exist at the time.)
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