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XPROBE2(1)		     General Commands Manual		      XPROBE2(1)

NAME
     xprobe2 - A Remote active operating system fingerprinting tool.

SYNOPSIS
     xprobe2 [ -v ] [ -r ] [ -p proto:portnum:state ] [ -c configfile ] [ -o
     logfile ] [ -p port ] [ -t receive_timeout ] [ -m numberofmatches ] [ -D
     modnum ] [ -F ] [ -X ] [ -B ] [ -A ] [ -T port spec ] [ -U port spec ] host

DESCRIPTION
     xprobe2  is an active operating system fingerprinting tool with a different
     approach to operating system fingerprinting. xprobe2 relies on fuzzy signa-
     ture matching, probabilistic guesses, multiple matches simultaneously,  and
     a signature database.

     The  operation  of  xprobe2  is  described  in  a paper titled "xprobe2 - A
     'Fuzzy' Approach to Remote Active Operating System  Fingerprinting",  which
     is available from http://www.sys-security.com/html/projects/X.html.

     As  xprobe2  uses raw sockets to send probes, you must have root privileges
     in order for xprobe2 to be able to use them.

OPTIONS
     -v     be verbose.

     -r     display route to target (traceroute-like output).

     -c     use configfile to read the configuration file, xprobe2.conf, from  a
	    non-default location.

     -D     disable module number modnum.

     -m     set number of results to display to numofmatches.

     -o     use logfile to log everything (default output is stderr).

     -p     specify  port  number (portnum), protocol (proto) and it's state for
	    xprobe2 to use during  rechability/fingerprinting  tests  of  remote
	    host.  Possible  values for proto are  tcp or  udp, portnum can only
	    take values from  1 to 65535, state can be either closed  (for   tcp
	    that  means  that remote host replies with RST packet, for	udp that
	    means that remote host replies with ICMP Port Unreachable packet) or
	    open (for  tcp that means that remote  host  replies  with	SYN  ACK
	    packet  and  for   udp  that means that remote host doesn't send any
	    packet back).

     -t     set receive timeout to receive_timeout in seconds  (the  default  is
	    set to 10 seconds).

     -F     generate  signature for specified target (use -o to save fingerprint
	    into file)

     -X     write XML output to logfile specified with -o

     -B     causes xprobe2 to be a bit more noisy, as  -B  makes  TCP  handshake
	    module  to	try and blindly guess an open TCP port on the target, by
	    sending sequential probes to the  following  well-known  ports:  80,
	    443,  23, 21, 25, 22, 139, 445 and 6000 hoping to get SYN ACK reply.
	    If xprobe2 receives RST|ACK or SYN|ACK packets for	a  port  in  the
	    list above, it will be saved in the target port database to be later
	    used by other modules (i.e. RST module).

     -T, -U
	    enable  built-in portscanning module, which will attempt to scan TCP
	    and/or UDP ports respectively, which were specified in port spec

     -A     enable experimental support for detection of transparent proxies and
	    firewalls/NIDSs spoofing RST packets in portscanning module.  Option
	    should  be	used  in  conjunction with -T. All responses from target
	    gathered during portscanning process  are  divided	in  two  classes
	    (SYN|ACK  and  RST)  and  saved for analysis. During analysis module
	    will search for different packets, based on some of  the  fields  of
	    TCP  and  IP headers, withing the same class and if such packets are
	    found, message will be displayed showing different	packets  withing
	    the same class.

EXAMPLES
	    xprobe2 -v -D 1 -D 2 192.168.1.10

	    Will  launch  an  OS  fingerprinting attempt targeting 192.168.1.10.
	    Modules 1 and 2, which are reachability tests, will be disabled,  so
	    probes will be sent even if target is down. Output will be verbose.

	    xprobe2 -v -p udp:53:closed 192.168.1.20

	    Will  launch  an  OS fingerprint attempt targeting 192.168.1.20. The
	    UDP destination port is set to 53, and the output will be verbose.

	    xprobe2 -M 11 -p tcp:80:open 192.168.1.1

	    Will only enable TCP handshake module (number 11) to probe the  tar-
	    get, very usefull when all ICMP traffic is filtered.

	    xprobe2 -B 192.168.1.1

	    Will  cause  TCP  handshake module to try blindly guess open port on
	    the target by sequentially sending TCP packets to  the  most  likely
	    open ports (80, 443, 23, 21, 25, 22, 139, 445 and 6000).

	    xprobe2 -T 1-1024 127.0.0.1

	    Will  enable portscanning module, which will scan TCP ports starting
	    from 1 to 1024 on 127.0.0.1

	    xprobe2 -p tcp:139:open 192.168.1.2

	    If remote target has TCP port 139 open, the command line above  will
	    enable  application  level SMB module (if remote target has TCP port
	    445 open, substitue 139 in the command line with 445).

	    xprobe2 -p udp:161:open 192.168.1.10

	    Will enable SNMPv2c application level module, which will try to  re-
	    trieve   sysDescr.0   OID	using	community   strings  taken  from
	    xprobe2.conf file.

NOTES
     xprobe2 fingerprints remote operating system by analyzing the replies  from
     the  target,  so  to get the most out of xprobe2 you need to supply xprobe2
     with as much information as possible, in particular it is important to sup-
     ply at least one open TCP port and one closed UDP port. Open TCP  port  can
     either  be  provided  in  command	line  (-p),  obtained  through	built-in
     portscanner (-T) or -B option can be  used  to  cause  xprobe2  to  try  to
     blindly guess open TCP port. UDP port can be supplied via command line (-p)
     or through built-in portscanner (-U).

HISTORY
     xprobe  has  been	developed  in  2001 based  on research performed by Ofir
     Arkin <ofir@sys-security.com>. The code has been officially released at the
     BlackHat Briefings in Las-Vegas in 2001. xprobe2 is a logical evolution  of
     xprobe code. Signature based fuzzy fingerprinting logic was embedded.

SEE ALSO
     nmap(1) queso(1) pcap(3)

AUTHORS
     Fyodor Yarochkin <fyodor@o0o.nu>, Ofir Arkin <ofir@sys-security.com>, Meder
     Kydyraliev <meder@o0o.nu>

     (see also CREDITS in distro tarball).

AVAILABILITY
     The  current version and relevant documentation is available from following
     urls:
     http://www.sys-security.com/html/projects/X.html
     http://xprobe.sourceforge.net
     http://www.notlsd.net/xprobe/

BUGS
     None known (please report).

	    $Id: xprobe2.1,v 1.18 2005/07/26 12:48:59 mederchik Exp $ XPROBE2(1)

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