Preventing OS Detection

From: Paul Kurczaba (paul_at_myipis.com)
Date: 02/20/04

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:28:52 -0500

    If I go to http://uptime.netcraft.com and enter my website, Netcraft will
    display my web servers OS, determined from the TCP/IP packet. Is there a way
    in the windows registry to prevent Netcraft (or anyone else) from
    identifying my OS? On the page http://www.webhostgear.com/36,1.html in
    paragraph titled "Netcraft is Watching", it briefly describes that registry
    changes can be made. Can someone please give me some specific registry
    changes to prevent others from identifying my web servers OS?

    Thanks,
    Paul Kurczaba

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