[jcifs] no name with type 0x00 with no scope for host

[Christopher R. Hertel]

"Allen, Michael B (RSCH)" wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher R.Hertel [SMTP:crh at ubiqx.org]
:
> > For some reason, Microsoft decided not to have XP register this name
> > unless the XP system was running the client services.
> >
>         Register? So you're saying XP doesn't respond to node status?

Of course they do, but you need to send the wildcard name, not the <00>
name.  You can't count on the <00> name being registered.
 
>         I don't know if all hosts respond to anything else. At least
>         there's a comment in my code that reads:
> 
>             // type has to be 0x00 for node status

Use "*\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0" for NODE STATUS REQUESTS.  It's a
wierd name, I know, but it's actually in the RFCs.  It's an asterisk
followed by 15 nul bytes, then encoded as usual.  It's the wildcard name.
It is illegal to register it, but all NBT nodes are supposed to respond to
it (within the proper scope ID, of course).  It is also the precursor to the
"*SMBSERVER" name.

Chris -)-----

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