NetBIOS-free SMB protocol on port 445 in Windows 2000/XP
Ulf Bertilsson
ulf.bertilsson at adcomdata.no
Thu Aug 30 06:32:50 GMT 2001
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday a friend forwarded to me this URL at Microsoft:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q204/2/79.ASP
>
> It is about support in Windows 2000/XP for running SMB for
> file and printer sharing over port 445, with no overhead of
> NetBIOS.
>
> The question of course is, are the Samba Team aware of this,
> and can it be supported in future versions of Samba?
>
> The webpage says it is possible to set up a Win 2000/XP network to
> only use the new protocol, and shut out SMB/NetBIOS networking on
> ports 137-139 entirely.
"Standardizing name resolution on DNS for file and printer sharing."
Ugh..
I guess Chris H is not quite happy with that one ;)
I wonder if the basic TCP/IP stacks needs some updates as well ?
--
Ulf Bertilsson
Amiga Samba Team
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