Netbios PROXY

[Bill Moran]

David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
> I'm looking to proxy NETBIOS-DGM packets.  I have lmhost files on the
> outside workstations, but when they connect to the server and get a
> NETBIOS-DGM packet back from the server, it causes the client to overwrite
> its SERVER<00> with the private address in the payload of the NETBIOS-DGM
> packet.

I think nmbd will take care of this for you.  Read the man page for nmbd and
look at the options for WINS proxy.

> 
> I'm looking into having one of my programmers write a proxy for ipfilter and
> I know NETBIOS-DGM operates on 138 udp, what ports do wins operate on, 137
> tcp?

Looks like nmbd binds to 137 & 138, if you know that 138 is NETBIOS-DGM, then
137 must be WINS, but I'm not an authority on that.
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Bill Moran
Potential Technology
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