 Bill_MIBill In MichiganPremium,MVM
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Re: No netbeui in XP said by stanc3:
OK, but isn't TCP/IP a lot more vulnerable then NetBeui?
In an older, now obsolete scenario it was. People were putting 2 PCs directly on the internet with a hub, no personal firewalls, and exposing shares to the internet via TCPIP. This is just about *the* only situation NetBEUI was an excellent choice to have shares and security, too. It was so bad some ISPs block those 137-139 ports. |
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 DrTCPYours trulyPremium,ExMod 1999-04
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Round Rock, TX | said by Bill_MI
NetBEUI was an excellent choice to have shares and security, too. It was so bad some ISPs block those 137-139 ports.
I think you are confusing Netbeui with Netbios of TCP/IP (NetBT). Netbeui is at the same level as TCP/IP. It does not use TCP/IP so TCP/IP ports are irrelevant to Netbeui.
Netbios is a protocol that runs on Netbeui or TCP/IP. Netbios over Netbeui (NetBF) does not depend on TCP/IP being present. Netbios over TCP/IP actually uses the aforementioned ports. What is removed is Netbeui. Netbios is still there in XP (AFAIK). |
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