Re: How does nmap get uptimes?

["Arturo \"Buanzo\" Busleiman" <buanzo () buanzo com ar>]

ICMP has a packet type to get that. Read the ICMP RFC (search at
www.rfc-editor.org for more concise answers :P

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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Alex R wrote:

> I've noticed nmap has the ability to get system uptimes of *nix boxes? How
> does it do this?
>
> -Alex


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