# 3. Perform OS Discovery

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## <mark style="color:red;">1. Identify OS with TTL in wireshark</mark>

Follow TCP stream in wireshark. Check the ICMP reply after pinging. If TTL is around 128, its Windows, if around 64, its Linux

## 2. Perform OS Discovery using NSE scripting Engine

```
sudo nmap -O 192.168.18.110
sudo nmap -A 192.168.18.110
```

Enumerating OS details with nmap script over smb

```
sudo nmap --script smb-os-discovery.nse 192.168.18.110
```

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## <mark style="color:red;">3. Unicornscan</mark>

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```
unicornscan 192.168.18.100 - Iv
```

-I is for immediate scan and v  is for verbose scan.

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