On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:38:04AM +0800, Tomazo Lujiano wrote:
> Hello, FreeBSD hackers!
> And here is my problem:
> I use FreeBSD-4.7 Stable at home. My machine also provides an Internet access
> in our local network. That's why I set different firewalls, ipfilters and other
> stuff to provide the security in our private net. So, I'd also like to defend
> my server from OS-detectors, such as nmap and some others and change TCP-stack as 
> well.
> And what I do:
> sysctl kern.ostype
> kern.ostype: FreeBSD
> Well, everything is clear. Then I type:
> sysctl kern.ostype=Lotus_Notes/DOMINO
> but see:
> sysctl: oid 'kern.ostype' is read only

Nobody is going to be able to read kern.ostype from your system unless
they have already rooted you.

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