ANSWERED What is this nbname ?

[resettler 0]

I have just installed the latest free version of Comodo Firewall (which is 6.2) and obtained a strange result (see below):

 

What in the world is nbname??

 

[Staff 10014]

Hello!

 

nbname is the name given to port 137 in Windows system. Port 137 is used for the netbios name service.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/204279

 

NBName is a computer program that can be used to carry out denial-of-service attacks that can disable NetBIOS services on Windows machines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBName

 

See also

http://forums.comodo.com/leak-testingattacksvulnerability-research/nbname-port-137-t38043.0.html

 

Kind regards