Re: How many Linux users are there in.... (the UK)?

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From: Martin
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00

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In article <81ev0b$8id$2@neptunium.btinternet.com>, "Jim Dabell" <jim.dabell@graffiti.net> wrote:
>Colin Brough <cmb@brough.localdomain> wrote in message
>news:evrd18.9r.ln@brough...
>> I know, I know, one of those unanswerable questions...
>>
>> But I got to wondering, is there any way anyone could find out (or at
>> least give a justifiable estimate)? Could an ISP, for instance, tell
>> whether you were connecting using Linux? Is there anything in the PPP
>
>There are various ways of determining which OS a computer uses, from
>telnet banners to tcp/ip fingerprinting.  Check out NetCraft, Queso or
>NMAP.  However, this wouldn't solve the problem of finding out how many
>Linux machines aren't directly connected to the Internet (for example,
>on a LAN behind a firewall, like in a lot of unis or colleges.)
>
>Jim
>
>

It would not help with sites using multiple OSs either - I use Linux as a 
router, so all my internet traffic seems to come from a Linux box - there are 
several Windows systems and a Solaris box there as well...

Martin

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From: md@nospam.capita.nildram.co.uk (Martin )
Subject: Re: How many Linux users are there in.... (the UK)?
Date: 1999/11/29
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