Lab 2A-2: Active Stack Fingerprinting Using Windows
Purpose
Use Active Stack fingerprinting to identify the operating systems on remote machines using common network protocols.
Tools
NMap
Procedures
Download and install NMapWin from http://images.insecure.org/nmap/dist. Run it and enter the IP address of the host computer. Chose the options that you want to apply and press Scan button.
Results
In the lab, my computer found other computers on the network and displayed informations. However, on my home computer NMap didn�t find any computers since all other computers were shut down.
Time
30 min
Reflection
SF is a usefull tool to probe systems on the network and gather any information returned from those systems. The tool evaluates the information and makes a determination as to the possible OS running on those systems. Passive SF involves silently monitoring network traffic between other machines and trying to determine the OS on those machines by the traffic patterns.