Re: When nmap can't ID the OS...

[Derek Fountain <dflists () iinet net au>]

On Saturday 27 November 2004 08:35, you wrote:
> Maybe it's been secured? Heck, I can take any Apache install and make nmap
> think it's IIS.

That's the thing: it hasn't been secured. It's not even behind a firewall.

> If you have any type of control of the system, log on and check it out.
> Surely you can make some guesses based on ftp structure, telnet response,
> smtp response..?

Yes, it's running several services, all of which indicate Windows 2000, or 
possibly Windows XP. But something is happening which is preventing nmap from 
identifying that. I wondered what that something might be...