Tim Burden wrote:
> I happened to turn on tcpdump on my Windows to Linux LAN (I use the Linux
> box as a PPP dial-on-demand connection for my Windows people), and I noticed
> lots of netbios-ns requests from my Windows clients to my ISP's name server.
> Wondering if that is bad, can I stop it, whether my ISP can tell what I am
> doing, etc.
Ignore it; it's just typical Windows bogosity. Specifically, Windows
thinks that netbios-ns is a valid alternative to DNS, so instead of
issuing DNS queries, it sends netbios-ns queries instead. I expect
that this will be fixed when Microsoft start adhering to standards
(i.e. never).
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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