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Operating System (OS) fingerprinting

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-002954

Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-002954
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-115; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002954",
  "term": "Operating System (OS) fingerprinting",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "term_source": "Operating System (OS) Fingerprinting",
  "definition": "Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-115",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/operating-system-os-fingerprinting/"
}

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