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How can i tell if a domain is on windows or linux hosting ?

grahamor · 2008-02-12 14:44:00

Hi, Just wondering how this can be done ? Thanks

12-02-2008 2:44pm

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grahamor

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Hi,

Just wondering how this can be done ?

Thanks

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#2 12-02-2008 3:06pm

AARRRGH

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Try Netcraft.com

E.g. http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?host=boards.ie&position=limited

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#3 12-02-2008 5:35pm

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Try entering the filename (or the path and name of an image) with a different case (e.g. filename.htm to FileName.htm)

If it works as before - Windows
If it doesn't work - Linux

or

Use nmap - http://nmap.org/osdetect/

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#4 12-02-2008 6:29pm

DonkeyStyle \o/

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You could always try getting a 404 by entering some random page name that doesn't exist... if there was no custom 404 page set for that site, then often you'll get extra info like whether the server is IIS or Apache.

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#5 12-02-2008 8:30pm

Bob the Builder

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replicantface wrote: »

If it works as before - Windows
If it doesn't work - Linux

Thats not foolproof, but it's almost foolproof, but it will give you a good indicator...

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#6 12-02-2008 10:29pm

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The Netcraft test is probably one of the saner solutions

Port scanning people isn't polite !

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