xprobe2 is an active operating system fingerprinting tool with a different approach to operating system fingerprinting. xprobe2 relies on fuzzy signature matching, probabilistic guesses, multiple matches simultaneously, and a signature database. As xprobe2 uses raw sockets to send probes, you must have root privileges in order for xprobe2 to be able to use them. Some […]
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Nmap Port Scanner 4.50 Released for Download
[ad] At last a new major release of Nmap! If for some odd reason you don’t already know what Nmap is, it is a free and open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and […]
stealth techniques – syn
[ad] Or half-open scanning technique is the first of three to come series about stealth scanning… The other two are Xmas/Fin/Null and idle/zombie scan techniques… Intro This is a series of three to come articles about stealth scanning, everything that I am going to present is hping oriented so if you want to learn this […]
Nmapview – Graphical Interface (GUI) for Nmap on Windows
[ad] Finally a replacement for the way outdated and rather crappy NmapFE! Unfortunately sometimes we do have to actually use Windows, and Nmap cleverly overcame the problems with raw sockets on Windows SP2 by using ATM frames instead, so it’s cool. Now we just need a decent GUI so it fits into the whole scheme […]
SinFP 2.0.4 – OS Detection – Now Works On Windows
[ad] SinFP is a new approach to OS fingerprinting, which bypasses limitations that nmap has. Nmap approaches to fingerprinting as shown to be efficient for years. Nowadays, with the omni-presence of stateful filtering devices, PAT/NAT configurations and emerging packet normalization technologies, its approach to OS fingerprinting is becoming to be obsolete. SinFP uses the aforementioned […]