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10th April 2006, 09:33 AM
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making Linux appear as WinXP???
Hi everyone!
I was woundering if anyone knows how I can make my linux box appear as if it is WinXP SP2 box, so that tools like nmap report it as being XP SP2?
Thanks in advance.
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10th April 2006, 07:23 PM
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What are you trying to accomplish? "Security through obscurity"?
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11th April 2006, 03:13 AM
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The way nmap determines what OS the computer is by the way the computer communicates on the network. Windows will answer one way, linux another. So, unless you get the crappy TCP/IP stack from windows and implement it on your box, you're not going to be able to do this.
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11th April 2006, 08:42 AM
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No I'm not trying to accomplish security by obscurity.
In my company XP SP2 is corporate standard and I've had sysadmins ask me questions why is my box running linux. They have a net scanner that picked up my box as being non XP. So all I want is to set up some tool so that it will reply to scans as XP SP2.
I've heard about honeypots like 'honeyd' that can pretend to be another system, but I'm not sure how to set it up.
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11th April 2006, 09:02 PM
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red-bear,
If your corporate policy mandates the use of Windows XP, do you think it is wise to do something else? Many companies do not allow you to reload operating systems on employees computers. They might use a corporate patching product or SMS system for reporting and by doing what you are doing you might cause them problems.
I applaud the use of Linux, but I wouldn't risk my job for doing this. Regardless of changing what it reports to be, I assume their scanners will also look for other functionality that you aren't going to have present on your Linux machine.
I work for a large company and we have to watch for things like this. There are reasons that your company has a policy. Unless they gave you permission to make this change, I wouldn't recommend trying to fool them further. This gives them more ammunition for letting you go, since you are actively trying to hide your activities.
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11th April 2006, 09:24 PM
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To add to pparks1 answer I may have to remind you that your company is the real owner of your workstation so it is not up to you to decide wich OS to use on their machines. Like it or not you will have to play by their rules or will end up either fired or sued.
Trying to disguise your machine as an XP make it even worst from a legal point of view, so if you like to work there my advice to you will be to sitch to their standadrs and leave Linux as your home OS.
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11th April 2006, 09:40 PM
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Or use VirtualPC/VMware to run it from within XP
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11th April 2006, 10:26 PM
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Or at least find out if they are ok with you installing VirtualPC or VMWare. Many companies prohibit employees from installing software on their work computer. Like GallComp says, it's not YOUR COMPUTER. It's the companies computer.
If your job doesn't require you to use Linux, they may consider your usage a waste of company time and/or resources.
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