OS Identification

Info Nessus Plugin ID 11936

Synopsis

It is possible to guess the remote operating system.

Description

Using a combination of remote probes (e.g., TCP/IP, SMB, HTTP, NTP, SNMP, etc.), it is possible to guess the name of the remote operating system in use. It is also possible sometimes to guess the version of the operating system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 11936

File Name: os_fingerprint.nasl

Version: 2.57

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 2003/12/09

Updated: 2020/03/09

Dependencies: 57915, 25251, 35779, 124697, 69075, 69078, 25249, 25250, 25252, 57461, 58076, 106198, 53471, 44344, 35658, 25335, 47864, 25244, 25247, 25248, 50542, 50543, 65765, 51859, 20285, 108715, 58604, 67217, 27507, 126588, 123936, 25245, 25246, 25287, 102821, 57847, 66696, 68960, 69181, 53331, 29831, 71430, 127857, 132935, 69081

Asset Inventory: True

OS Identification: True

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Info