Unix / PC Integration (3)
Namespace protocols:
- WINS - Windows Internet Name Service (RFC 1001, 1002)
- complement to DHCP
- allows for resolving names to addresses
- a WINS server manages only a NetBIOS naming which is distinct from DNS namespace
- WINS, unlike DNS, is not hierarchical
Almost all Unix workstations have static entries in DNS tables
Microsoft's Socket Library (Winsock)
- looks into local HOSTS file
- forwards request to DNS server
- then WINS is used; NetBIOS Broadcast node (B-node) name resolution is attempted (the standard database file for NetBIOS is LMHOSTS in \winnt\system32\drivers\