Find Operating System from ip in Python

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Using python, is it possible to find the operating system of a remote computer with their ip? I have already made a pinging program to locate all live ip addresses. If this is possible, how do I do this?

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With just the IP? You'd need more information than just the IP. — Matt
– Matt, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 4:51
Not easily or reliably, and not without communicating with the remote computer. Why not just get Nmap? — user2357112
– user2357112, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 4:51
You should investigate NMAP. I'm not sure on the specifics, I know just enough to know that you'd need more than an IP to fingerprint. — Matt
– Matt, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 4:52

Hugh Bothwell · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-08 04:51:50Z

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Directly, no.

However, if there are some visible services they will usually return a short information string. By comparing these information strings you can often make an informed guess about the host system.

It's likely to be a lot of work gathering enough information to make this reliable; I suggest looking at nmap (or python-nmap) which has already done this.

answered Feb 8, 2014 at 4:51

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