Fw: OT:NBNS UNIX Problem

[Fairlight]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 04:15:41PM -0500, Dennis Malen, the prominent pundit,
witicized:
> Courtney asked that I foward this.

He having trouble posting himself?  I'll CC him on this to expedite.

> > This is from our network guy:
> >
> > UNIX appears to be searching for computers not on our network and we are
> > trying to track where those requests are coming from...how do we search 
> > for
> > them?
> >
> > EXAMPLE: SALE_JBERK

My question is, "Of what is that an example?"  

Is that the name of the computer it's searching for?  I'll assume yes,
until told otherwise.  The better question is:  Under what protocol is this
taking place, and how are you detecting it?

Actually, the entire question fails to make much sense as posed.  If they
believe the UNIX system is searching for computers on their network, they
know where the requests are coming from.  If they can't narrow it down to
which protocol or subsystem, they're not a qualified "network guy".
Actually, they may be the "network guy" but they're not a network -admin-.

No offense.  Just too little data to go on, not enough specifics, and a
very confusing (and contradictory) colletction of what little information
there is.  As in ye olde grade school math classes:  Need More Information.

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