Subject: Re: OS differentiation by Netcraft
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Ram Chandar <cnn_dinu01@sancharnet.in>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 10/26/2003 12:19:07
On Friday 24 October 2003 07:15, Michal Pasternak wrote:
> Herb Peyerl [Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 01:22:45PM -0600]:
> > Ram Chandar <cnn_dinu01@sancharnet.in>  wrote:
> >  > I wonder why Netcraft can't differentiate between
> >  > Net and Open BSDs
> >
> > I know. I even told them the Saab servers were NetBSD (since they
> > had a "NetBSD/OpenBSD is used by companies like Saab, etc...") and
> > they weren't the slightest bit interested. They're "the same"
> > as far as they're concerned.
>
> There are techniques, like p0f by lcamtuf [google].

They added NetApp NetCache recently.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/10/22/operating_system_detection_now_reports_network_appliance_netcache.html

Can NetBSD stack be made to be distinct?

Ram Chandar.
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