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Patent No.:

US 4930159 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990

Filed:

Jan. 18, 1989

Netbios name authentication

Applicant:
Inventors:

Jeffrey K Kravitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Charles C Palmer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Whitham & Marhoefer

Primary Examiner:

Thomas H Tarcza

Assistant Examiner:

David Cain

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 23 ; 34082531 ; 34082552 ; 235380 ; 36424295 ; 3642458 ; 3642532 ; 3642854 ; 370 581 ; 370 941 ; 380 25 ;
Abstract

A method insures the NETBIOS names are not illegally used on a local area network. The NETBIOS protocols use a naming system that allows any station to claim a name or set of names that are not already in use. This potentially allows any user to 'masquerade' as another user, or service machine, by claiming the name when the real user is not connected to the network. This method detects these attempted masquerades, disconnects the offending station from the network, and logs information about the attempt.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kravitz, Jeffrey. (1990). Netbios name authentication (U.S. Patent No. 4930159). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4930159

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