Identifying operating system with ICMP/ping

Posted on May 9, 2010 by

ping host…

(try localhost)

Windows default TTL = 128
Linux default TTL = 64
Unix default TTL = 255

each hop (router) decreases the TTL by one. So if you get a 120 as TTL, its a windows machine, and your packet went through 8 routers.

http://www.dicas-l.com.br/dicas-l/20100509.php

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One Response to Identifying operating system with ICMP/ping

  1. Rafael Aroca says:
    June 15, 2010 at 8:21 am

    To change this parameter:

    # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl

    # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl

    Source: http://www.Dicas-L.com.br/dicas-l/20100615.php

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