NFNL_OSF(8) iptables 1.8.7 NFNL_OSF(8)
NAME
nfnl_osf - OS fingerprint loader utility
SYNOPSIS
nfnl_osf -f fingerprints [ -d ]
DESCRIPTION
The nfnl_osf utility allows to load a set of operating system signatures into the kernel
for later matching against using iptables' osf match.
OPTIONS
-f fingerprints
Read signatures from file fingerprints.
-d Instead of adding the signatures from fingerprints into the kernel, remove them.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 if command succeeded, otherwise a negative return code indicates the type
of error which happened:
-1 Illegal arguments passed, fingerprints file not readable or failure in netlink com-
munication.
-ENOENT
Fingerprints file not specified.
-EINVAL
Netlink handle initialization failed or fingerprints file format invalid.
FILES
An up to date set of operating system signatures can be downloaded from http://www.open-
bsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/pf.os .
SEE ALSO
The description of osf match in iptables-extensions(8) contains further information about
the topic as well as example nfnl_osf invocations.
iptables 1.8.7 NFNL_OSF(8)
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