Ah - you are right.

I was thinking of Loopback Checking: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926642 
rather than Strict Name Checking: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281308

Cheers
Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 3:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: fake-out NetBIOS

I'm pretty sure its required to access a 2003 server using an alias. 

- Sean

On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Strict Name Checking is for reflection attacks - you need to disable it when 
> a server connects to itself using something other than its own name.
> 
> I'm pretty sure it's not necessary when an external party/machine 
> connects using a CNAME or some other alias
> 
> Cheers
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Kradel [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 12:48 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: fake-out NetBIOS
> 
> Are y'all positive that disabling strict name checking is necessary in 
> conjunction with a CNAME?  Most apps will get the canonical name
> (de-alias) when looking for SPNs, etc.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We disable it on all of our SQL servers so our DBAs can leverage DNS 
>> aliases for DBs. Makes it easy to move DBs between SQL servers.
>> 
>> - Sean
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:15 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That's perfect, thanks! I have never run into this before nor even 
>>> heard of "disable strict name checking", so this is good new stuff.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Reason number 703,510 to love this list.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> How did you know about that anyhow?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:12 AM
>>> 
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: RE: fake-out NetBIOS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Google disable strict name checking and you will find what you seek.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> 
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:09 AM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: fake-out NetBIOS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> How do I go about having a Windows client (XP, or 7) connect to a 
>>> UNC that's different from the actual hostname w/out using a FQDN? I 
>>> have a server named BOB but I want users to be able to attach using \\FRED.
> 
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