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| author | Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-22 20:30:56 +0800 |
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| committer | Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-11-22 20:30:56 +0800 |
| commit | 152047e855a7b5c3f3439c0e733111f0defa653e (patch) | |
| tree | 9c9a7a643a6d5b2b0345ce3225e8c246df7030c2 /net-mgmt | |
| parent | 1f7ae1f6e2e567fee971dd0776b1195ffa012a4b (diff) | |
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- Restore link to Lance Spitzner's article (2002 Honeynet Project version)
- Remove nowadays defunct www.infoworld.com link (missed in r426160)
Submitted by: Royce Williams
Diffstat (limited to 'net-mgmt')
| -rw-r--r-- | net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr index ace33b98ddcb..06513f1b453b 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/p0f/pkg-descr @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ enough information to identify the operating system. In contrast to active scanners such as nmap and QueSO, p0f does not send anything to the host being identified. +For more information, refer to Lance Spitzner's old paper about passive OS +fingerprinting: http://old.honeynet.org/papers/finger/. + Use of this program requires read access to the packet filtering device, typically /dev/bpf0. Granting such access allows the users who have it to put your Ethernet device into promiscuous mode and sniff your network. - -See http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/05/29/000529opswatch.xml -if you do not understand how this can be harmful. Running p0f with no -options will cause it to analyze packets intended for other hosts. +Running p0f with no options will cause it to analyze packets intended for +other hosts. WWW: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f3/ |