Evidently they are picking out the uptime info from nuances in the TCP
and/or IP *headers*. Isn't this amazing? Anyone know how it works
for uptime?
(OS detection is a bit more understandable, I believe they throw
out-of-spec data at the machine and see what comes back, and compare
to recorded cases for the various OS's)
Karl
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Solaris seems to be the leader, which is what I'd expect. Not just because
> it is a solid OS, but because Sun hardware is also very solid.
>
> But, more interesting, to me, at least, is the detail on the
> download.microsoft.com server. If I interpret this URL
>
> http://uptime.netcraft.com/graph?explain=1&site=download.microsoft.com
>
> correctly then until recently that site was running Solaris, and the uptime
> since they switched to Windows 2000 has dropped significantly since then.
>
> But Windows is better. Really. More secure, too. Just ask Microsoft.
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