I was looking for a utility that will identify the operating system a
server is running when visited. I didn't find it yet, but I did come
across this site that has many programs I've not heard of:

http://www.alwaysfreeware.co.uk/index.html


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REM wrote:
> I was looking for a utility that will identify the operating system a
> server is running when visited.

When visited? You mean like a telnet or http query?
Not sure what you mean by visited...

> BarryTone <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>REM wrote:
>> I was looking for a utility that will identify the operating system a
>> server is running when visited.

>When visited? You mean like a telnet or http query?
>Not sure what you mean by visited...

I wasn't quite sure how to phrase the description of the utility I was
looking for. I did find it. It is a Steve Gibson utility that accepts
a URL and normally returns the server and version of that site. Many
government sites are now blocking this info, good for them!

I'm going to do a report on information technology and security. I'm
surprised to find many online banks and large corporations that
contain private information on servers running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 or
4.0.

I've only just started getting an idea of who runs what. I see the
above listed as highly exploited, along with the OS, IE, etc.



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REM wrote:
>
> I wasn't quite sure how to phrase the description of the utility I was
> looking for. I did find it. It is a Steve Gibson utility that accepts
> a URL and normally returns the server and version of that site.

Yep. Http query.

> I'm going to do a report on information technology and security. I'm
> surprised to find many online banks and large corporations that
> contain private information on servers running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 or
> 4.0.

No doubt about it.

>
> I've only just started getting an idea of who runs what. I see the
> above listed as highly exploited, along with the OS, IE, etc.
>

You might also want to look at nmap (there is a windows version):
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/

On 2004-10-06, REM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> ....
>
> I'm going to do a report on information technology and security.
>
> ....

Cousin REM ....

A few weeks ago I watched a TV program
about Internet Security on PBS
that was very interesting ....

I haven't browsed the following on-line PBS info
related to the program, but it might provide
a few useful clues ....

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/cyber..._security.html


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>Cousin Stanley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>On 2004-10-06, REM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> I'm going to do a report on information technology and security.

>Cousin REM ....

> A few weeks ago I watched a TV program
> about Internet Security on PBS
> that was very interesting ....

> I haven't browsed the following on-line PBS info
> related to the program, but it might provide
> a few useful clues ....

> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/cyber..._security.html

Thanks cuz, I'll check it out!


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