# The net/queso port

## queso-980922 – determine remote OS using simple tcp packets

## Description

    How we can determine the remote OS using simple TCP packets?  Well,
    it's easy, they're packets that don't make any sense, so the RFCs
    don't clearly state what to answer in this case. Facing this
    ambiguity, each TCP/IP stack takes a different approach to the
    problem, and is why, we get a different response. In some cases
    (like Linux) programming mistakes make the OS detectable.

    QueSO sends:

            0 SYN           * THIS IS VALID, used to verify LISTEN
            1 SYN+ACK
            2 FIN
            3 FIN+ACK
            4 SYN+FIN
            5 PSH
            6 SYN+XXX+YYY   * XXX & YYY are unused TCP flags

    All packets have a random seq_num and a 0x0 ack_num.

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## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

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