Re: [squid-users] Netbios commands in cache log?

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 19:13 +0000, johnsuth@acenet.com.au wrote:
> It seems that the Netbios command "net view \\munro4" issued from a Win XP box
> shows up in the Squid cache log, on the munro4 box, as "The request OPTIONS
> http://munro4/ is DENIED because it matched ..."
>
> This is more mysterious because the LAN protocols are Netbios and TCP/IP, not Netbios
> over TCP/IP, so there should be no scope for crossover.
>
> What is happening here?

It is possible that Microsoft introduced some XMLRPC mechanisms for
Netbios browsing. The OS is picking the proxy configuration and here is
the results.

        Kinkie
Received on Thu Mar 03 2005 - 02:01:30 MST