mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) (07/11/90)
Has anyone experimented with using a NETBIOS like interface for a resident TCP/IP kernel? This would allow some interesting software connections. What looks like NETBIOS to 2 chat programs could be going around the world as TCP/IP? Interesting?
romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us (John Romkey) (07/11/90)
The NETBIOS programming interface has different semantics from what raw TCP/IP can give you. In particular, NETBIOS streams preserve block boundaries; TCP streams do not. Also, NETBIOS names are completely gonzo when viewed with respect to TCP/IP names or addresses. If you are willing to layer a thin protocol above TCP to give you NETBIOS stream semantics, you could present the same interface; but then you might as well just run NETBIOS over TCP, a la RFC 1001. If you try to present an interface to NETBIOS/TCP that allows you to run both native NETBIOS applications and native TCP applications (like FTP or Telnet) through the same single NETBIOS interface, you will probably just end up losing. - john romkey USENET/UUCP: romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us Internet: romkey@ftp.com "There is no loyalty except loyalty to the party. There is no love except love of Big Brother. All competing pleasures we will destroy." - 1984 (film)