On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:59:50PM -0500, Mike Kershaw wrote:
> > No, I'm not using tunneling. I don't use a VPN.
> > 
> > I followed a suggestion from PorkChop to restore my original resolv.conf
> > and see what happens. I restored resolv.conf to its original value and
> > rebooted. The UDP traffic to port 137 has stopped.
> 
> Rebooting is not necessary, and resets firewall rules.  Theres no
> telling what might have been open before which isn't now.

And on additional consideration:

Changing the resolv.conf will never affect traffic coming into your
system.  However:

1. It may affect the logging if your system is trying to do lookups
2. If you're not running a netbios name resolver and a system inside
   your network is trying to connect to a share based on dns resolves,
   and you're talking to an outside dns server, it may be returning
   public IPs for internal traffic, causing internal smb browsers to
   generate traffic leaving your network.

-m

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