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Originally Published: Tuesday, 13 June 2000 Author: Alexander Reelsen
Published to: news_enhance_security/Security News Page: 1/1 - [Printable]

p0f 1.7 released

p0f performs passive OS detection based on SYN packets. Unlike nmap, p0f does recognition without sending any data. Additionally, it is able to determine distance to remote host, and can be used to determine the structure of a foreign or local network.



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