Markus Döhr wrote: > > 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>
If they give credit in the copyrights. I've never seen Microsloth do that. BTW, queso reports: # queso betanews.microsoft.com:119 207.46.180.35:119 * Linux 2.1.xx -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message