 DrTCPYours trulyPremium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX | reply to MySpareBrain
Re: No netbeui in XP No, Netbeui is as vulnerable as TCP/IP since in the end they both carry Netbios commands. A person may actually launch a successful attacks on the same LAN using Netbeui to a PC that is guarded for TCP/IP.
Netbeui is better if you know that all the other computers in your LAN will not attack you back. In other words, they are not hostile. Netbeui gives some security for home networks because you can probably trust your home PCs and the protocol is non-routable.
In the absense of Netbeui IPX can be used but since Internet routers by default do not route IPX either it is generally as secure as Netbeui (slightly slower). |
