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[[Image:passive figure.png|thumbnail|right|200px|Passive OS Fingerprinting method and diagram.]]
 
'''TCP/IP stack fingerprinting''' is the passiveremote collectiondetection of configurationthe attributescharacteristics fromof a remote device during standard [[OSITCP/IP model|layer 4stack]] network communications. The combination of parameters may then be used to infer the remote machine's operating system (aka, '''OS fingerprinting'''), or incorporated into a [[device fingerprint]].
 
== TCP/IP Fingerprint Specifics ==