Re: Netbeui and security

From: Jim Carlock (anonymous_at_localhost)
Date: 05/19/05 

Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 17:43:28 -0400

Just curious... does anyone know of a specific application that would
break if NetBIOS is turned off ? I've turned NetBIOS off in the past
and have never noticed any problems, specifically when the name
resolving is handled by a localized DNS server. Win9x hooked up
fine and everything seemed to talk properly over TCP/IP alone. 

--
Jim Carlock
Please post replies to newsgroup.
"Karl Levinson, mvp" <levinson_k@despammed.com> wrote:
Agreed.  You could however try disabling it on a test workstation and see if
anything breaks.  Theoretically, in a native Windows 2003 network with no
Windows NT, 9x or ME, not much should break.
"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote:
> You are saying Netbeui but you are meaning NetBios.
> These are quite different.  Most deployments do need
> to allow NetBIOS over Tcp/Ip, but only testing with
> your specific deployment will tell whether and where
> your environment has dependencies on it being allowed.
> If disallowed, much will switch over to use of direct
> hosting on Tcp 445, but older apps will likely fail if
> they have a dependency.
>
> -- 
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
> "Eddie" <Eddie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A32D6477-2C1A-4AC5-A80B-C16BE74BD3F6@microsoft.com...
> > under the network card's properties in the wins section should I disable
> > netbeui for a windows 2003 native mode domain?
>
>

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