Provided by: xprobe_0.3-2_amd64 
NAME
xprobe2 - A Remote active operating system fingerprinting tool.
SYNOPSIS
xprobe2 [ -v ] [ -r ] [ -p proto:portnum:state ] [ -c configfile ] [ -o logfile ] [ -p port ] [ -t
receive_timeout ] [ -m numberofmatches ] [ -D modnum ] [ -F ] [ -X ] [ -B ] [ -A ] [ -T port spec ] [ -U
port spec ] host
DESCRIPTION
xprobe2 is an active operating system fingerprinting tool with a different approach to operating system
fingerprinting. xprobe2 relies on fuzzy signature matching, probabilistic guesses, multiple matches
simultaneously, and a signature database.
The operation of xprobe2 is described in a paper titled "xprobe2 - A ´Fuzzy´ Approach to Remote Active
Operating System Fingerprinting", which is available from http://www.sys-
security.com/html/projects/X.html.
As xprobe2 uses raw sockets to send probes, you must have root privileges in order for xprobe2 to be able
to use them.
OPTIONS
-v be verbose.
-r display route to target (traceroute-like output).
-c use configfile to read the configuration file, xprobe2.conf, from a non-default location.
-D disable module number modnum.
-m set number of results to display to numofmatches.
-o use logfile to log everything (default output is stderr).
-p specify port number (portnum), protocol (proto) and it's state for xprobe2 to use during
rechability/fingerprinting tests of remote host. Possible values for proto are tcp or udp,
portnum can only take values from 1 to 65535, state can be either closed (for tcp that means
that remote host replies with RST packet, for udp that means that remote host replies with ICMP
Port Unreachable packet) or open (for tcp that means that remote host replies with SYN ACK packet
and for udp that means that remote host doesn't send any packet back).
-t set receive timeout to receive_timeout in seconds (the default is set to 10 seconds).
-F generate signature for specified target (use -o to save fingerprint into file)
-X write XML output to logfile specified with -o
-B causes xprobe2 to be a bit more noisy, as -B makes TCP handshake module to try and blindly guess
an open TCP port on the target, by sending sequential probes to the following well-known ports:
80, 443, 23, 21, 25, 22, 139, 445 and 6000 hoping to get SYN ACK reply. If xprobe2 receives
RST|ACK or SYN|ACK packets for a port in the list above, it will be saved in the target port
database to be later used by other modules (i.e. RST module).
-T, -U enable built-in portscanning module, which will attempt to scan TCP and/or UDP ports respectively,
which were specified in port spec
-A enable experimental support for detection of transparent proxies and firewalls/NIDSs spoofing RST
packets in portscanning module. Option should be used in conjunction with -T. All responses from
target gathered during portscanning process are divided in two classes (SYN|ACK and RST) and saved
for analysis. During analysis module will search for different packets, based on some of the
fields of TCP and IP headers, within the same class and if such packets are found, message will be
displayed showing different packets within the same class.
EXAMPLES
xprobe2 -v -D 1 -D 2 192.168.1.10
Will launch an OS fingerprinting attempt targeting 192.168.1.10. Modules 1 and 2, which are
reachability tests, will be disabled, so probes will be sent even if target is down. Output will
be verbose.
xprobe2 -v -p udp:53:closed 192.168.1.20
Will launch an OS fingerprint attempt targeting 192.168.1.20. The UDP destination port is set to
53, and the output will be verbose.
xprobe2 -M 11 -p tcp:80:open 192.168.1.1
Will only enable TCP handshake module (number 11) to probe the target, very useful when all ICMP
traffic is filtered.
xprobe2 -B 192.168.1.1
Will cause TCP handshake module to try blindly guess open port on the target by sequentially
sending TCP packets to the most likely open ports (80, 443, 23, 21, 25, 22, 139, 445 and 6000).
xprobe2 -T 1-1024 127.0.0.1
Will enable portscanning module, which will scan TCP ports starting from 1 to 1024 on 127.0.0.1
xprobe2 -p tcp:139:open 192.168.1.2
If remote target has TCP port 139 open, the command line above will enable application level SMB
module (if remote target has TCP port 445 open, substitue 139 in the command line with 445).
xprobe2 -p udp:161:open 192.168.1.10
Will enable SNMPv2c application level module, which will try to retrieve sysDescr.0 OID using
community strings taken from xprobe2.conf file.
NOTES
xprobe2 fingerprints remote operating system by analyzing the replies from the target, so to get the most
out of xprobe2 you need to supply xprobe2 with as much information as possible, in particular it is
important to supply at least one open TCP port and one closed UDP port. Open TCP port can either be
provided in command line (-p), obtained through built-in portscanner (-T) or -B option can be used to
cause xprobe2 to try to blindly guess open TCP port. UDP port can be supplied via command line (-p) or
through built-in portscanner (-U).
HISTORY
xprobe has been developed in 2001 based on research performed by Ofir Arkin <ofir@sys-security.com>. The code has been officially released at the BlackHat Briefings in Las-Vegas in 2001. xprobe2 is a logical evolution of xprobe code. Signature based fuzzy fingerprinting logic was embedded.
SEE ALSO
nmap(1) queso(1) pcap(3)
AUTHORS
Fyodor Yarochkin <fyodor@o0o.nu>, Ofir Arkin <ofir@sys-security.com>, Meder Kydyraliev <meder@o0o.nu> (see also CREDITS in distro tarball).
AVAILABILITY
The current version and relevant documentation is available from following url:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xprobe/
BUGS
None known (please report).
XPROBE2(1)