why do fingerprinting always happens right at connection start ,usually gives clean metadata during tcp syn. but what is it for components like static proxies or load balancers or mobile networks ,all of these can shift stack behavior midstream. this can make this activity itself a obsolete
I have work reasons for needing to learn a lot about kernel-level networking primitives (it turns out tcpdump and eBPF compatible with almost anything, no "but boss, foobar is only compatible with bizbazz 7 or above!").
So when an LLM vendor that shall remain nameless had a model start misidentifying itself while the website was complaining about load... I decided to get to the bottom of it.
eBPF cuts through TLS obfuscation like a bunker buster bomb through a ventilation shaft or was it, well you know what I mean.
Are there canned OS images / browsers / libraries / tools for resisting such fingerprinting? Similar in concept to how some browsers try to make themselves look homogenous across different users?
E.g. Can the MTU / Maximum Segment Size (MSS) TCP option be influenced from the client end to be less unique, retransmission timing logic deliberately managed, etc?
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[ 6.1 ms ] story [ 18.7 ms ] threadSo when an LLM vendor that shall remain nameless had a model start misidentifying itself while the website was complaining about load... I decided to get to the bottom of it.
eBPF cuts through TLS obfuscation like a bunker buster bomb through a ventilation shaft or was it, well you know what I mean.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/defending-the-internet-how-cloud...
E.g. Can the MTU / Maximum Segment Size (MSS) TCP option be influenced from the client end to be less unique, retransmission timing logic deliberately managed, etc?