What do you think about that: [r...@beta ~]# nmap -vv -p119 -P0 -sT -O betanews.microsoft.com
<snip> Sequence numbers: E6E23C4C E7368B4F E6E0CC8D E79B4DEC E7A43C4E E76D208A Remote operating system guess: Linux 2.1.122 - 2.1.132; 2.2.0-pre1 - 2.2.2 OS Fingerprint: TSeq(Class=RI%gcd=1%SI=3A46A8) T1(Resp=Y%DF=Y%W=7F53%ACK=S++%Flags=AS%Ops=MENNTNW) T2(Resp=N) T3(Resp=Y%DF=Y%W=7F53%ACK=S++%Flags=AS%Ops=MENNTNW) T4(Resp=Y%DF=N%W=0%ACK=O%Flags=R%Ops=) T5(Resp=N) T6(Resp=N) T7(Resp=N) PU(Resp=N) Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 20 seconds </snip> and that? [r...@beta ~]# telnet betanews.microsoft.com 119 Trying 207.46.180.35... Connected to betanews.msn.com. Escape character is '^]'. 200 cpmsblns02.microsoft.com InterNetNews NNRP server INN 2.2 21-Jan-1999 ready (posting ok). INN running on NT? And the most interesting: Quoting Alan Cox from the linux-kernel developer list: someone asking: > I guess that they run windows-2000 on the beta site, and then I guess is > that they > have stolen IP-code from Linux. Im right, yes ?! <quote on> Unlikely. Judging by the window 2000 beta traces they run a BSD stack derivative close to freebsd - and the BSD license permits such use <quote off> -- Markus Doehr IT Admin AUBI Baubeschläge GmbH Tel.: +49 6503 917 152 Fax : +49 6503 917 190 e-Mail: doe...@aubi.de MD1139-RIPE ************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message