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.
> 
> Won't this need an updated DNS functionality on all clients ?

It works if all of your systems are Microsoft systems...

(That's the point, of course.)

Chris -)-----

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