From: Tim (tim-pentestsentinelchicken.org)
Date: Wed Oct 05 2005 - 09:53:29 CDT

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> Basically I'm looking for information which helps us
> identify the target operating system from its TTL
> field obtained while ping. The document for example
> listed that if the TTL is 128 its likely to be M$ and
> if its 64 its likely to be Cisco Router or switch.

Is this what you had in mind?

http://secfr.nerim.net/docs/fingerprint/en/ttl_default.html

A google for "TTL values" brings it up first in the list.

tim

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