OS Discovery using unicornscan

Base Machine – Kali Linux

Target Computers - Linux or Windows Any

1. Start Kali Linux

2. Open Terminal

#sudo su -

Password: kali

#unicornscan [target_ip] -Iv

TCP open [ip] ttl 128

ttl 128 – Running Windows OS

Now for another machine = Linux

#unicornscan [target_ip] -Iv

ttl 64 ----- means that computer is running Linux OS

Note: If unicornscan command is not available, install unicornscan

First confirm by running

#apt list unicornscan

If not found then run

#apt install unicornscan