New Tool And Technique For Remote Operating System Fingerprinting

Information gathering is an essential part of acute vulnerability assessment, especially when the whole process is automated. In this context, host Operating System detection must be precise, even when networks are well defended. We present an original Operating System detection method, based on temporal response analysis. As a proof of concept, we release the open source tool called RING – for Remote Identification Next Generation – and suggest improvements in the paper. We also stress the interesting synergy of using RING together with stateof-the-art tools, such as NMAP [1] or X-Probe [2], for a better overall accuracy in automated vulnerability assessment. Index terms – Remote Operating System Detection, OS Fingerprinting, Automated Vulnerability Assessment, Internet Security.