Re: Does eliminating NetBios kill NTLMv2?

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:45:02 GMT

Hi Mike.

I knew what you meant, but just wanted to clarify for the sake of those that
might not. I expect you to do the same for me. Your replies to user
questions are highly helpful and appreciated. --- Steve

"Miha Pihler" <mihap-news@atlantis.si> wrote in message
news:ei5%23Ez4wEHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Steve :-)
>
> Yes, sorry, bad choice of words ...
>
> As always, thanks for the correction :-)
>
> Mike
>
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1wTid.359476$MQ5.279904@attbi_s52...
>> Hmm. I bet you mean dns does not use broadcasts. --- Steve
>>
>>
>> "Miha Pihler" <mihap-news@atlantis.si> wrote in message
>> news:ujY6$G4wEHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> TCP/IP doesn't use broadcasts. It will
>>> use direct TCP/IP connection to computer and protocol design will allow
>>> for
>>> smaller timeout periods. This will make it faster on LAN (e.g. when
>>> browsing
>>> for shares, ...)
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> "Jacques Koorts" <jkoorts@ccalimited.com> wrote in message
>>> news:10onrinitpc4ued@corp.supernews.com...
>>>> Read this in Mark Minasi's articles.
>>>>
>>>> <quote>I guess that's why shutting down NetBIOS made things faster, as
>>>> eliminating
>>>> NetBIOS kills LM, NTLM, and NTLMv2.</quote>
>>>>
>>>> So if you disable Netbios on your computer, your computer will use
>>>> Kerberos?
>>>> What Osses support Kerberos? Is this all auto?
>>>>
>>>> Here some more from the Article.
>>>>
>>>> <quote> personally think that the LM "hole" is one that Microsoft
>>>> should
>>>> have
>>>> plugged a long time ago through their defaults, but they haven't,
>>>> probably
>>>> because so many clients use Wintendo boxes. With hope we'll see LM
>>>> just a
>>>> bad memory soon, though. I urge you to seriously consider rolling out
>>>> this
>>>> change and let me close this by offering an performance incentive to go
>>>> "all
>>>> NTLMv2:" logons are faster. If you've ever read my pieces on how much
>>>> faster NET USE commands become when you shut off NetBIOS, then you
>>>> probably
>>>> wondered why they got so much faster. I never knew either, but since
>>>> shutting off NTLM and LM, I've noticed much, much snappier response
>>>> from
>>>> my
>>>> NET USE commands. I still don't know why, but now I've got a guess:
>>>> getting rid of NTLM and LM just plain simplified the logon process. As
>>>> the
>>>> clients and servers have fewer options, things just happen more
>>>> quickly.
>>>> I
>>>> guess that's why shutting down NetBIOS made things faster, as
>>>> eliminating
>>>> NetBIOS kills LM, NTLM, and NTLMv2.</quote>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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