Determine OS of remote machine using pings












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I am trying to figure out how to find which operating system a remote machine
is running using the ping method.



I don't know how to get the TTL number and look at a list to find what OS it uses.



ping 19.217.64.1
Pinging 19.217.64.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=254
Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=254

Ping statistics for 19.217.64.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 3ms









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    I am trying to figure out how to find which operating system a remote machine
    is running using the ping method.



    I don't know how to get the TTL number and look at a list to find what OS it uses.



    ping 19.217.64.1
    Pinging 19.217.64.1 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
    Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
    Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=254
    Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=254

    Ping statistics for 19.217.64.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 3ms









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      I am trying to figure out how to find which operating system a remote machine
      is running using the ping method.



      I don't know how to get the TTL number and look at a list to find what OS it uses.



      ping 19.217.64.1
      Pinging 19.217.64.1 with 32 bytes of data:
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=254

      Ping statistics for 19.217.64.1:
      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
      Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
      Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 3ms









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      I am trying to figure out how to find which operating system a remote machine
      is running using the ping method.



      I don't know how to get the TTL number and look at a list to find what OS it uses.



      ping 19.217.64.1
      Pinging 19.217.64.1 with 32 bytes of data:
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=254
      Reply from 19.217.64.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=254

      Ping statistics for 19.217.64.1:
      Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
      Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
      Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 3ms






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          Here there is an implementation of the ping in python:



          https://gist.github.com/chidea/955cea841e5c76a7e5ee8aa02234409d



          Look at the receive_ping function. The TTL is the 9th byte of the received packet (index 8). So I print the TTL in that function:



          def receive_ping(my_socket, packet_id, time_sent, timeout):
          # Receive the ping from the socket.
          time_left = timeout
          while True:
          started_select = time.time()
          ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left)
          how_long_in_select = time.time() - started_select
          if ready[0] == : # Timeout
          return
          time_received = time.time()
          rec_packet, addr = my_socket.recvfrom(1024)
          print ("TTL:", rec_packet[8]) # IT PRINT THE TTL! HAVE A NICE DAY :)
          icmp_header = rec_packet[20:28]
          type, code, checksum, p_id, sequence = struct.unpack(
          'bbHHh', icmp_header)
          if p_id == packet_id:
          return time_received - time_sent
          time_left -= time_received - time_sent
          if time_left <= 0:
          return





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          • it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 22 '18 at 2:57













          • Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

            – Miklos Horvath
            Nov 22 '18 at 20:36











          • yes sadly how would one fix this?

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 23 '18 at 2:44











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          Here there is an implementation of the ping in python:



          https://gist.github.com/chidea/955cea841e5c76a7e5ee8aa02234409d



          Look at the receive_ping function. The TTL is the 9th byte of the received packet (index 8). So I print the TTL in that function:



          def receive_ping(my_socket, packet_id, time_sent, timeout):
          # Receive the ping from the socket.
          time_left = timeout
          while True:
          started_select = time.time()
          ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left)
          how_long_in_select = time.time() - started_select
          if ready[0] == : # Timeout
          return
          time_received = time.time()
          rec_packet, addr = my_socket.recvfrom(1024)
          print ("TTL:", rec_packet[8]) # IT PRINT THE TTL! HAVE A NICE DAY :)
          icmp_header = rec_packet[20:28]
          type, code, checksum, p_id, sequence = struct.unpack(
          'bbHHh', icmp_header)
          if p_id == packet_id:
          return time_received - time_sent
          time_left -= time_received - time_sent
          if time_left <= 0:
          return





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          • it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 22 '18 at 2:57













          • Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

            – Miklos Horvath
            Nov 22 '18 at 20:36











          • yes sadly how would one fix this?

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 23 '18 at 2:44
















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          Here there is an implementation of the ping in python:



          https://gist.github.com/chidea/955cea841e5c76a7e5ee8aa02234409d



          Look at the receive_ping function. The TTL is the 9th byte of the received packet (index 8). So I print the TTL in that function:



          def receive_ping(my_socket, packet_id, time_sent, timeout):
          # Receive the ping from the socket.
          time_left = timeout
          while True:
          started_select = time.time()
          ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left)
          how_long_in_select = time.time() - started_select
          if ready[0] == : # Timeout
          return
          time_received = time.time()
          rec_packet, addr = my_socket.recvfrom(1024)
          print ("TTL:", rec_packet[8]) # IT PRINT THE TTL! HAVE A NICE DAY :)
          icmp_header = rec_packet[20:28]
          type, code, checksum, p_id, sequence = struct.unpack(
          'bbHHh', icmp_header)
          if p_id == packet_id:
          return time_received - time_sent
          time_left -= time_received - time_sent
          if time_left <= 0:
          return





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          • it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 22 '18 at 2:57













          • Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

            – Miklos Horvath
            Nov 22 '18 at 20:36











          • yes sadly how would one fix this?

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 23 '18 at 2:44














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          Here there is an implementation of the ping in python:



          https://gist.github.com/chidea/955cea841e5c76a7e5ee8aa02234409d



          Look at the receive_ping function. The TTL is the 9th byte of the received packet (index 8). So I print the TTL in that function:



          def receive_ping(my_socket, packet_id, time_sent, timeout):
          # Receive the ping from the socket.
          time_left = timeout
          while True:
          started_select = time.time()
          ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left)
          how_long_in_select = time.time() - started_select
          if ready[0] == : # Timeout
          return
          time_received = time.time()
          rec_packet, addr = my_socket.recvfrom(1024)
          print ("TTL:", rec_packet[8]) # IT PRINT THE TTL! HAVE A NICE DAY :)
          icmp_header = rec_packet[20:28]
          type, code, checksum, p_id, sequence = struct.unpack(
          'bbHHh', icmp_header)
          if p_id == packet_id:
          return time_received - time_sent
          time_left -= time_received - time_sent
          if time_left <= 0:
          return





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          Here there is an implementation of the ping in python:



          https://gist.github.com/chidea/955cea841e5c76a7e5ee8aa02234409d



          Look at the receive_ping function. The TTL is the 9th byte of the received packet (index 8). So I print the TTL in that function:



          def receive_ping(my_socket, packet_id, time_sent, timeout):
          # Receive the ping from the socket.
          time_left = timeout
          while True:
          started_select = time.time()
          ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left)
          how_long_in_select = time.time() - started_select
          if ready[0] == : # Timeout
          return
          time_received = time.time()
          rec_packet, addr = my_socket.recvfrom(1024)
          print ("TTL:", rec_packet[8]) # IT PRINT THE TTL! HAVE A NICE DAY :)
          icmp_header = rec_packet[20:28]
          type, code, checksum, p_id, sequence = struct.unpack(
          'bbHHh', icmp_header)
          if p_id == packet_id:
          return time_received - time_sent
          time_left -= time_received - time_sent
          if time_left <= 0:
          return






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          • it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 22 '18 at 2:57













          • Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

            – Miklos Horvath
            Nov 22 '18 at 20:36











          • yes sadly how would one fix this?

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 23 '18 at 2:44



















          • it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 22 '18 at 2:57













          • Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

            – Miklos Horvath
            Nov 22 '18 at 20:36











          • yes sadly how would one fix this?

            – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
            Nov 23 '18 at 2:44

















          it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

          – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
          Nov 22 '18 at 2:57







          it works for most of it but it gets trouble ready = select.select([my_socket], , , time_left) and says it must be a int or have a fileno() method

          – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
          Nov 22 '18 at 2:57















          Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

          – Miklos Horvath
          Nov 22 '18 at 20:36





          Do you use Windows? If yes read this: stackoverflow.com/questions/33777308/…

          – Miklos Horvath
          Nov 22 '18 at 20:36













          yes sadly how would one fix this?

          – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
          Nov 23 '18 at 2:44





          yes sadly how would one fix this?

          – xxx_mineshaftboy69noscoper_xxx
          Nov 23 '18 at 2:44




















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