NetBIOS-free SMB protocol on port 445 in Windows 2000/XP

[Christopher R. Hertel]

No, my gripe is against using DNS names and IP addresses to identify
NetBIOS services.  Port 445 gets rid of the NBT (NetBIOS over TCP layer)
so DNS is appropriate.

> > 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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