Comments on: Open Source Census Project http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2008/03/28/open-source-census-project/ Community Blog Mon, 13 May 2013 10:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephen Spector http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2008/03/28/open-source-census-project/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Stephen Spector Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:43:03 +0000 http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2008/03/28/open-source-census-project/#comment-16 I did research on the fingerprint identifier and found the following: * Full document at http://ossdiscovery.opensource.collab.net/archives/docs/WritingProjectRules.pdf 4 types of identification available 1) MD5 checksum match - “MD5” 2) Binary content match - “binary” 3) Filename version match (ant-1.6.5.jar indicates 1.6.5 of Ant) - “filenameVersion” 4) Filename only match (no version can be derived) - “filename” Anyone with knowledge of what is installed on a Xen hypervisor can easily create a rule. I did research on the fingerprint identifier and found the following:

* Full document at http://ossdiscovery.opensource.collab.net/archives/docs/WritingProjectRules.pdf

4 types of identification available
1) MD5 checksum match – “MD5”
2) Binary content match – “binary”
3) Filename version match (ant-1.6.5.jar indicates 1.6.5 of Ant) – “filenameVersion”
4) Filename only match (no version can be derived) – “filename”

Anyone with knowledge of what is installed on a Xen hypervisor can easily create a rule.

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