WINS

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the WINS protocol.
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is Microsoft's implementation of NetBIOS. It provides a mapping of host names to network addresses.

Affected Products

WINS

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/42