Originally Posted By: Hermes
After read your post, I sniff on the data transmitted between your server and my PC a bit. What I find that forum "forums.equipped.org" is using the Apache server. Though most likely I can fingerprint the underlay OS from here, but to avoid causing any alarm on the hosting company's IDS as a hacker, I use the information provided by "netcraft.com": The server OS is Linux.

Apparently the forum is using UBB BBS software. According to http://www.ubbcentral.com the basic requirement are PHP 4.3+ and MySQL 4 or 5 ,these two software packages are standard components provided by most hosting companies these days, especially those offer Linux server hosting.

I am not familiar with some features of this program. The other forums I was or currently am a member of, which run on phpBB, one of the options is to have our occupation visible.

Normally being able to know the occupation of a poster is not important. In this forum, where we receive a lot of practical information from each other, it may be helpful to understand where a poster is coming from.

Jeanette Isabelle
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