[plug] NT netbios-ns probes

Christian christian at global.net.au
Mon Feb 7 19:33:51 WST 2000


Leon Brooks wrote:

> IANAWG but my first guess is that it is attempting to get user info from
> you. Far be it from a MS based product to use identd...

Ah... that makes sense.  Why bother using a well-supported, (semi)
meaningful, not to mention, standard means of obtaining information when
you can invent your own!  So what sort of information could this glean
from Windows clients?  I would imagine the netbios name would be the
same as the DNS name so I assume it would be able to pull some
additional information like a username?  Anyone know the details?

Regards,

Christian.



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