Chapter 21. Implementing Security for WINS Servers
| In this chapter: | |
| Threats to WINS Servers | 424 |
| Securing WINS Servers | 426 |
| Best Practices | 428 |
| Additional Information | 430 |
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) servers provide resolution of computer and group NetBIOS names, such as a workgroup name, to IP addresses. For example, when you log on to the network from a computer running a version earlier than Microsoft Windows 2000, the computer, by default, will query the WINS server configured in the TCP/IP properties to find a domain controller for network authentication.
NetBIOS names can be broken into two general categories: unique registrations and group registrations. A unique registration is registered by a single user or computer. By default, if a ...
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