Re: Netbios-ns

2001-05-03 Thread Thornton Prime
On Thu, 3 May 2001, John Aldrich wrote: > Ok..:-) Just checking. :-) There was a dsl machine that sent me about half a > dozen of these puppies to my desktop machine at work (NO samba! ) For the > life of me I can't figure out why that machine was even trying to talk to my > workstation... so I

Re: Netbios-ns

2001-05-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Thursday 03 May 2001 09:16 pm, you wrote: > > Netbios is the sunrpc of Windows :). Windows machines are subject to a > number of netbios vulnerabilities. Probing for netbios is also a good way > to figure out if you are a Windows or Unix server, and if the systems > administrator has a clue or

Re: Netbios-ns

2001-05-03 Thread John Aldrich
On Thursday 03 May 2001 09:07 pm, you wrote: > > Not on Linux machines, as far as I know, but on a Windows machine with > file/printer sharing turned on, it can be interesting. You will also > see it from Windows machines that are not running a firewall, that are > telling any other windows machi

Re: Netbios-ns

2001-05-03 Thread Thornton Prime
On Thu, 3 May 2001, John Aldrich wrote: > Are there any known vulnerabilities in RH 6.2 (if you're not running bind) > for netbios-ns? I've noticed a rash of "dgram to netbios-ns" in my logfiles > lately and I"m wondering if it's because of some known vulnerability or > what I get the usual

Re: Netbios-ns

2001-05-03 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Thu, 3 May 2001, John Aldrich wrote: > Are there any known vulnerabilities in RH 6.2 (if you're not running bind) > for netbios-ns? I've noticed a rash of "dgram to netbios-ns" in my logfiles > lately and I"m wondering if it's because of some known vulnerability or > what I get the usual "