Tom Laramee wrote:
i have a CentOS 5.1 server running sshd (exposed to the outside world).
i'd like to use iptables to fool nmap into thinking i'm running another O/S.
How would that help?
AFAIK, security via obscurity does not really take us long. i believe as long as you have a good set of rules protecting you, its unnecessary to do all the hard work in impersonating another OS.
But its only me.