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

[Ulf Bertilsson]

> 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