Now you can make your computer fool nmap into thinking is a dream cast or Apple LaserWriter

Read the whole thing here: http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.html


http://slashdot.org/articles/03/03/1....shtml?tid=172
taviso writes "Are you bored with your OS fingerprint? Do you dream of being able to impress your friends by convincing them your webserver is running on a sega dreamcast, or Apple LaserWriter? Well Dream no more! David Berrueta has written a paper oulining the techniques and tools available to defeat nmap's OS fingerprinting, available here [pdf]. Besides the hours of entertainment this could provide, he also lists some of the more serious reasons why you might want to consider this."