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diff --git a/security/p5-Net-SinFP/pkg-descr b/security/p5-Net-SinFP/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2f9ad428f127 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/p5-Net-SinFP/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +SinFP is a new approach to OS fingerprinting, which bypasses +limitations that nmap has. + +Nmap approaches to fingerprinting as shown to be efficient for years. +Nowadays, with the omni-presence of stateful filtering devices, +PAT/NAT configurations and emerging packet normalization technologies, +its approach to OS fingerprinting is becoming to be obsolete. + +SinFP uses the aforementioned limitations as a basis for tests to be +obsolutely avoided in used frames to identify accurately the remote +operating system. That is, it only requires one open TCP port, sends +only fully standard TCP packets, and limits the number of tests to 2 +or 3 (with only 1 test giving the OS reliably in most cases). + +WWW: http://www.gomor.org/sinfp |