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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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Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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