Re: UDP port 137 Question

[DAVE NORDLUND]

> Date:          Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:54:52 -0500 (EST)
> From:          "C. Jon Larsen" <jlarsen@ford.ajtech.com>
> Subject:       UDP port 137 Question
> To:            nanog@merit.edu

> 
> Is there any *valid* reason to see UDP traffic directed at a unix box's
> port 137 coming from IP sources across the internet ? The unix servers in
> question are most definitely *not* running samba, and there is absolutely no
> NT anywhere on this customer's network (that is seeing the incoming UDP
> traffic directed at an IP destination address on port 137). (A couple of 95
> boxes scattered across an Ethernet comprise the Micro$oft part of the
> network). None of the 95 boxen are running any file or print serving (sharing)
> resources.

Are you shure these don't have ip broadcast addresses on them?  I've seen 
MS UDP packets with 255.255.255.255 as the destination address if the
WIN box isn't set up reasonably.
> 
> I can't think of any valid reason to see this traffic, personally. Anybody out
> there that can present a scenario where I would expect to see these UDP
> packets coming back in ?
> 
> netbios-ns      137/tcp         nbns
> netbios-ns      137/udp         nbns
> netbios-dgm     138/tcp         nbdgm
> netbios-dgm     138/udp         nbdgm
> netbios-ssn     139/tcp         nbssn
> 
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