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. -- Regards, Anup Shukla