Re: Verizon DSL->WIFI Security

["L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net>]

At 01:40 PM 12/6/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Can you educate me or point me to some good resources on NetBios as I'm 
>ignorant of what you mean. I have 3 home machines and would like to know 
>more. Thanks! @:)>

NetBEUI is the 'old' transport mechanism from the 80s, that originally ran 
LanManager before IBM & Microsoft split over OS/2.

NetBEUI is not a routable protocol, so it can only be used within your 
subnet; which means that you are totally secure (unless, as Bryan likes to 
point out, you allow someone inside your home/office with a sniffer; since 
almost all sniffers are TCP/IP, however, even this risk is pretty 
negligable). 'Not Routable' means that since it does not run on TCP/IP, it 
cannot be 'transported' across a router - hence, it cannot get 'outside' 
your premesis (nor can it run via WiFi, which is TCP/IP).

We always use NetBeui for private networks, .. just be sure to *UNCHECK* 
'NetBios over TCP/IP' in all your windoze machines (TCP/IP properties, 
Advanced). It also works great to mix protocols - NetBEUI for file sharing, 
for example, while running TCP/IP for printer sharing (if needed).

To use NetBEUI on WinXP, however, you need to download the protocol and 
install it separately (but it works just fine).

         Lee


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