Re: RE: Help w/ Port 137 Traffic

[Richard Sharpe <rsharpe () ns aus com>]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Mikael Olsson wrote:

> Mikael Olsson wrote:
> > They're not even remotely related.
> > [...]
> > (Of course, the protocol structs differs entirely too; this is
> > just the most obvious way of showing the difference.)
>
>
> Richard Sharpe wrote:
> > Hmmm, I don't want to make a lot of game-show like noises, but there are
> > similarities between DNS requests and NetBIOS name requests, however, the
> > RFC1001/RFC1002 people did choose a really weird encoding for names.
>
> *cough* did I really write that?  Yes, the basic DNS protocol structs 
> are the same.  I think I meant to say that the resource record (type)
> structs differ entirely or something like that.  Or maybe my brain 
> just short circuited (which would explain why I wrote 'not even
> remotely' related.)  
>
> Anyway, the point is that (as far as I know) you can't use normal
> DNS tools to exchange netbios RRs.  ( ... right? :) )

I agree.

Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe () ns aus com, rsharpe () samba org, 
sharpe () ethereal com, http://www.richardsharpe.com

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