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How does OS detection work in practice?
I was wondering how OS detection really works on Nmap. I know it is about to send different tcp probes to see how the target machine responds to them.
But what kind of probes would distinguish a ...
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How to find the OS of the target machine
I am new to this field. Currently I am using Linux OS and
my question is how can I find the OS of another machine to
which I do not have a direct access.
I am interested in any possibilities which ...
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Are there Linux rootkits circulating that directly modify the kernel (without modules)?
It has been said, over and over, that disabling dynamic kernel module loading on Linux increases security. I understand why people give this advice, but I've always assumed that a bad guy could ...
