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

  • 12-02-2008 03:44PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering how this can be done ?

    Thanks


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22 replicantface


    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/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    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...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,741 ✭✭✭mneylon


    The Netcraft test is probably one of the saner solutions :)

    Port scanning people isn't polite !


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