---
name: "queso"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "queso"
version: "0.980922b-1"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/queso"
---

# queso(1)

guess the operating system of a remote host

## NAME

queso - guess the operating system of a remote host

## SYNOPSIS

**queso** *\[-v\] \[-d\] \[-w\] \[-f srcIP\] \[-c file\] \[-t seconds\] host\[:port\]*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **queso** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation as a text file in /usr/doc/queso.

## ARGUMENTS

host is the name of the host you are interested in.  port is the port number (80, HTTP, is the default).

- A summary of options are included below.

  ## OPTIONS

- **-v**

  Version

- **-d**

  Debug mode, print received PKTs.

- **-w**

  Update /etc/queso.conf when new OS is found.

- **-f**

  srcIP   Select correct In/Out IP.

- **-c file**

  Alternate config file.

- **-t seconds**

  Set reception timeout. (default=3)

- **-n times**

  How many times PKTs are sent. (default=1)

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation in /usr/doc/queso

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer \<bortzmeyer@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).