Interesting! Does this mean, then, for a trust to work better, WINS servers should be running at each domain? -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/14/2008 09:08:39 AM: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Free, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Creating trusts is generally also dependent on short-name(NetBios) > > Ah. Doesn't surprise me. Good to know. :) > > > NetBios is not as dead as some would have you think. > > Yah. Microsoft keeps says NetBIOS is decreated, but then you run > across MSKB articles saying "such and such won't work if NetBIOS is > disabled". > > I suspect NetBIOS is never going to go away completely. NetBIOS's > naming protocols are built-in to Windows in some rather core places. > In particular, the security subsystem and SMB. Historically, > Microsoft has not had much luck upgrading that stuff. I suspect that > code is so old and poorly written (some of dates back to Win 3.x!) > nobody is left who understands what it all does. By all appearances, > AD couples on to those things, rather than replacing them. Usually > the UI hides all this, but the old stuff still pokes through on > occasion, in error messages, the registry, and so on. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
