Operating System Fingerprinting

nounid 3443·updated May 9, 2026

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Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target.

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Entity Type

System85%rule-basedr:entity.system.compute.v1

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Operating System Fingerprintings
possessive: Operating System Fingerprinting's
pluralpossessive: Operating System Fingerprintings'

Framework definitions

2 senses across 2 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target.

NIST SP 800-1151 senseview framework →

§1: Analyzing characteristics of packets sent by a target, such as packet headers or listening ports, to identify the operating system in use on the target.

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