Ansi Passwords

[Mike Whalen - The Computer Valet]

Hello everyone,

I suspect this message is a little off-topic. I hope not to take up too 
much of anyone's time.

I am looking through some packet logs of a NetBIOS session between a 
Windows 98 machine and Windows XP machine. I am trying to troubleshoot 
an authentication problem.

One capture shows the session on the 98 machine as it tries to connect 
to a share on the XP machine. The other capture is taken from the XP 
side showing the 98 machine's attempt to connect. The two captures were 
taken at two different times. There is no password for the user account 
being used to authenticate to the XP machine.

In the case where there is no password, should a packet dump show an 
ANSI Password? And, if so, should this ANSI password be the same on the 
sending and receive side? The captures were taken at two different 
times. Are the ANSI Passwords session-generated?

Any answers will be appreciated.

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Cheers,

Mike Whalen
The Computer Valet
(978) 660-3329