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+local shortport = require "shortport"
+local netbios = require "netbios"
+local string = require "string"
+local stdnse = require "stdnse"
+
+local nmap = require "nmap"
+local packet = require "packet"
+local os = require "os"
+local datetime = require "datetime"
+
+description = [[
+Retrieve system boot-time via TCP-options.
+This information would be used for detecting NAT, balancing or other information.
+]]
+
+---
+-- @usage
+-- nmap --script tcp-uptime.nse -p <port> <host>
+--
+-- @output
+-- PORT   STATE SERVICE
+-- 25/tcp open  smtp
+-- | tcp-uptime: 
+-- |_  uptime: 21.12.2012 13:37:00
+--
+-- @xmloutput
+-- <table key="uptime">
+--   <elem>21.12.2012 13:37:00</elem>
+-- </table>
+---
+
+
+author = {"Andrey Zhukov from USSC"}
+license = "Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
+
+categories = {"discovery", "safe"}
+
+
+portrule = function(host, port)
+  return host, port
+end
+
+tcp_packet = function(host, port)
+  local pkt = stdnse.fromhex(
+  "4500 0034 0001 0000 8006 0000 0000 0000" ..
+  "0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000" ..
+  "8002 2000 5ee3 0000 080a 0000 0000 0000" ..
+  "0000 0000"
+  )
+  local tcp = packet.Packet:new(pkt, pkt:len())
+
+  tcp:ip_set_bin_src(host.bin_ip_src)
+  tcp:ip_set_bin_dst(host.bin_ip)
+  tcp:tcp_set_dport(port.number)
+  tcp:tcp_set_sport(math.random(0x401, 0xffff))
+  tcp:tcp_set_seq(math.random(1, 0x7fffffff))
+  tcp:tcp_count_checksum(tcp.ip_len)
+  tcp:ip_count_checksum()
+
+  return tcp
+end
+
+get_tcp_options = function(host, port)
+  local ifname = nmap.get_interface() or host.interface
+  local iface = nmap.get_interface_info(ifname)
+  local sock, pcap = nmap.new_dnet(), nmap.new_socket()
+
+  pcap:set_timeout(5000)
+  pcap:pcap_open(iface.device, 128, false, ("src host %s and src port %d"):format(host.ip, port.number))
+  
+  sock:ip_open()
+  sock:ip_send(tcp_packet(host, port).buf, host)
+
+  local status, len, layer2, layer3 = pcap:pcap_receive()
+  sock:ip_close()
+  pcap:close()
+  return layer3:sub(20 + 20 + 9, 20 + 20 + 9 + 3)
+end
+
+get_uptime = function(options)
+  local tcp_timestamp = string.unpack('>I', options) / 100
+  return os.date("!*t", os.time() - math.floor(tcp_timestamp))
+end
+
+action = function(host, port)
+  local output = stdnse.output_table()
+  local options = get_tcp_options(host, port)
+  if(#options > 0) then
+    local uptime = get_uptime(options)
+    output.uptime = string.format("%02d.%02d.%04d %02d:%02d:%02d", uptime.day, uptime.month, uptime.year, uptime.hour, uptime.min, uptime.sec)
+  else
+    output.uptime = "unknown"
+  end
+  return output
+end