A bit of data on using NetBIOS.
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<B><U><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">NetBIOS</P>
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</B></U></FONT><P>NetBIOS stands for Network Basic Input / Output System and is a set of rules defining services for PC based networks originally created by IBM. Microsoft operating systems such as NT, Windows for Workgroups and Windows 95 communicate usi
ng NetBIOS names
a NetBIOS name can be upto 15 characters in length (with a 16<SUP>th</SUP> set aside to denote which service or command was used when the name was referenced.) The services provided by NetBIOS run over TCP/IP and the rules for this and Ne
tBIOS name resolution are defined in <A HREF="http://www.internic.net/rfc/rfc1001.txt">RFC 1001</A> and <A HREF="http://www.internic.net/rfc/rfc1002.txt">RFC 1002</A>.</P>
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<P>NT comes with a utility NBTSTAT which is used for viewing NetBIOS information. This tool can be used for snooping information about remote machines
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<P>Run : nbtstat a \\www.host.com </P>
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