how to know the remote machine is Virtual machine or physical machine

pantdk · 11-20-2011, 06:46 PM

yes in the beginning i am confusing, but now i am clear about it, their is also a common thing in the output of the Virtual machine

Quote:

String 1: [MS_VM_CERT/SHA1/27d66596a61c48dd3dc7216fd715126e33f59ae7]

i don't know why this is same!!!!! in each "vmware" virtual-machine

rshukla · 07-02-2014, 07:14 PM

cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys/vendor

From VM you will get

cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor
VMware, Inc.

From Dell box you will get
cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor
Dell Inc.

ha_elsahhar · 10-16-2014, 12:54 PM

dmidecode -s system-product-name

273 · 10-16-2014, 01:25 PM

Surely the way one tell the difference between VMs and real ones is looking at the records and change paperwork? for an audit of even a badly-run network you ought to know, at lest, which VM[s] to expect .
Apologies for the cynicism but I'm not sure why this needs to be asked?

ha_elsahhar · 10-16-2014, 01:48 PM

* Maybe you are asked to report the percentage of VMs in a customer's network you are assessing
* Define which virtualization platform is being used to mitigate related vulnerabilities
* Audit purposes: assure specific network subnet for VMs, ....
* Servers foot printing before an attack you will do!

It could be anything, dealing with various setups leads to unexpected questions. Trust me