uname output ?

Mark Komarinski mkomarinski at wayga.org
Mon Aug 19 11:50:09 EDT 2002


On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:43:06AM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:28:09AM -0400, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:15:36AM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
> > > I'm curious; just how do you identify if a system is Debian or Red Hat?
> > > I've yet to find a reliable method.
> > 
> > /etc/issue will tell you.
> 
> Which most security-concious admins still remove or zero as a matter
> of course.  Why tell the net-at-large what holes to look for?

Uhm...how can you tell the contents of /etc/issue from the net?

-Mark



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