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Old 05-06-2005, 12:04 PM   #1
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Query the O/S a website is running on?


what tool if any will let me find out what operating system a particular website is running on?
 
Old 05-06-2005, 12:11 PM   #2
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Quite a few webservers put it in a header of the http response.

You could also try using nmap but the results are not always conclusive. If you are just interested in a site then take a look to see what netcraft think they have:
http://www.netcraft.com
 
  


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