Snap : robust tool for internet-wide operating system fingerprinting /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nandwani, Ankur
Other Authors:	Loguinov, Dmitri (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2012]
Subjects:	Major computer science. Scanning Fingerprinting Security Operating System TCP/IP Stack Internet Network Security
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy

Description
Abstract:	Different approaches have been developed for TCP/IP fingerprinting, but none of these approaches is suited for Internet-wide fingerprinting. In this work, we develop approaches that rigorously tackle the issue of noise and packet loss while carrying out Internet-wide fingerprinting. We then carry out an Internet-wide scan to determine the distribution of different operating systems on the Internet. The results of our scan indicate that there are approximately 8.9 million publicly accessible web-servers on the Internet running Linux, while there are nearly 9.6 million web-servers with different embedded operating systems.
Item Description:	"December 2010." "Major Subject: Computer Science" Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.