uname output ?

[Derek D. Martin]

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At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly:
> 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.

Many system administrators wisely modify /etc/issue so that it will
NOT tell you.  Providing this information tells an attacker exactly
which exploits are most likely going to work against the system.  So
this is not reliable.

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