From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 5 12:43:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28255 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:43:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from socrates.i-pi.com (socrates.i-pi.com [198.49.217.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA28246 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:43:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ingham@i-pi.com) Received: (from ingham@localhost) by socrates.i-pi.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA03908; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:42:42 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ingham) Message-ID: <19981105134241.A3887@i-pi.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:42:41 -0700 From: Kenneth Ingham To: ryanm , "FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: netbios-ns requests References: <36420344.FAEEF45E@accn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <36420344.FAEEF45E@accn.org>; from ryanm on Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 02:57:56PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 02:57:56PM -0500, ryanm wrote: > Hello Freebsd Guru's, > > In my day to day matters I have noticed several port 137 packets getting > nixed by > my firewall. This just got discussed. Take a look in the archives, for example http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=93002+95200+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-security/19980816.freebsd-security It boils down to if WINS is turned on on a PC that is going to one of your machines, it tries to do a WINS lookup. Kenneth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message