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Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection?
From: "joe haldon" <kbcboy () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:33:05 -0400
How about doing some diff's on OS's in the O1 and O2 and then creating priority hit lists for submission into the new release? With a email list like nmap-dev we could probably fill in those missing 857 fingerprints in short order. Or atleast narrow it down. I can see the value in an obscure os id. On 10/28/07, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
1st generation Nmap OS detection had a great run, lasting 9 years. But now that the 2nd generation DB has grown considerably, it may be about time to let gen1 OS detection go. It complicates the code, and the gen1 DB itself takes up more than 800K of space. Then gen2 system still only has 827 fingerprints compared to 1684 in gen1. But the new system has better fingerprints, and for more recent and relevant system. So gen1 OS detection will probably be gone in the next release unless I hear from people who can demonstrate good reasons for it to stay. If you scan large networks and find that -O1 still works better than -O2, that's the sort of thing we'd like to hear. Cheers, -F _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Fyodor (Oct 28)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Luis Martin (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Diman Todorov (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Jens Link (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Diman Todorov (Oct 29)
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- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Kris Katterjohn (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Diman Todorov (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Max (Oct 30)
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- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Justin Knox (Oct 29)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Brett Cunningham (Oct 30)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? joe haldon (Oct 30)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? DePriest, Jason R. (Oct 31)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? Kris Katterjohn (Nov 01)
- Re: Time to lose gen1 OS detection? MadHat Unspecific (Oct 29)