[plug] NT netbios-ns probes

[Christian]

Hi all,

Sorry that this is a little off-topic but does anyone know why NT web
servers appear to send out netbios-ns (port 137/udp) probes when you
download web pages from them?  

Feb  7 16:52:28 machine kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
1.2.3.4:137 5.6.7.8:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=32689 F=0x0000 T=115 (#34)  
Feb  7 16:52:29 machine kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
1.2.3.4:137 5.6.7.8:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=33457 F=0x0000 T=115 (#34)  

(IP addresses changed to protect the "innocent".)

I can't really understand any reasoning for this, Apache certainly
doesn't do it and I've never seen other web servers do it either... Can
anyone provide any clues?

Regards,

Christian.