[3412] in WWW Security List Archive
re: Port 137
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Murray)
Wed Oct 30 13:46:08 1996
From: "David Murray" <dmurray@pdssoftware.com>
To: quire@casti.com
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:49:44 -0500
Reply-To: dmurray@pdssoftware.com
CC: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> I'm getting what I think are an unusual number of hits to my unserved
> port 137. I've been told that those are NETBIOS hits sent out by PCs.
> Does anyone know of any other software programs that try to use port 137?
>
The IANA (rfc1700) lists this as Netbios Name Service which is
defined in rfc1001. Sounds like a bunch of boxes at your site are
trying to get netbios services from tcp/ip.
David N. Murray | PDS
Sr. Software Engineer | 670 Sentry Parkway
610/828-4294 | Blue Bell, PA 19422
dmurray@pdssoftware.com |
