Subj : Re: Network bindings questions To : Randall Parker From : John Beckett Date : Wed Mar 28 2001 02:58 am From: FirstnameSurname@compuserve.com (John Beckett) I know an amazingly large amount about networking and NT etc, but my ignorance is even more boundless. What I am trying to say is that I don't think you should get security advice from we non-specialists. However, by an amazing coincidence, I proved my point about the WINS Client (TCP/IP) setting under NT4 Bindings just half an hour ago. I emailed 3 megabytes of stuff to someone last weekend, but they didn't get it because their mail server crashed. Therefore, I arranged to dial in to their RAS server and upload the files directly to their server. What I had forgotten is that a few months ago I had done exactly what you are now asking - I had disabled the 'WINS Client (TCP/IP)' entry from the Remote Access WAN Wrapper wherever it appeared under Bindings. I did this because I had heard from what I believed to be a reliable source that it would increase my security while on the Internet. At any rate, I could not access \\server\share until I enabled the binding from my Workstation WINS Client (TCP/IP) to Remote Access WAN Wrapper (which required a reboot). I believe this proves that disabling it does improve your security. John Randall Parker wrote in message news:: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:59:46 GMT esteemed John Beckett did'st hold forth > thusly: > > > > Like Geo, I am not sure. However, I have a feeling that it is more than > > simply the name-lookup that Geo suggests (WINS is the Windows dynamic > > equivalent of DNS for translating Windows computer names to IP addresses). > > Sounds like I should disable it for the NIC that connects to by internet > DSL modeml You agree? > > > I think it encompasses Windows networking on a TCP/IP interface (i.e. file > > and print sharing). --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .