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Date:      Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:39:51 +0100
From:      Bjoern Engels <bjoern.engels@mail.isis.de>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Moti Levy <moti@flncs.com>
Subject:   Re: How can I erase my fingertips .
Message-ID:  <E16qggb-000Ndz-00@pumaman.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020328172259.C73793-100000@cianet.cianet.ind.br>
References:  <20020328172259.C73793-100000@cianet.cianet.ind.br>

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On Thursday, 28. March 2002 21:25, Alvaro Pereira wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Moti Levy wrote:
> > I want to stop nmap from detecting my os .

> from /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT
>
> #
> # TCP_DROP_SYNFIN adds support for ignoring TCP packets with SYN+FIN.
> This # prevents nmap et al. from identifying the TCP/IP stack, but
> breaks support # for RFC1644 extensions and is not recommended for
> web servers. #
> options         TCP_DROP_SYNFIN         #drop TCP packets with
> SYN+FIN
>

Additionally, add

# RANDOM_IP_ID causes the ID field in IP packets to be randomized
options         RANDOM_IP_ID

and change the default TTL.

Bjoern

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"The number of Unix installations has grown to ten, with more expected"
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