NetBIOS.Name.Service

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the NetBIOS-NS protocol.
NetBIOS Name Service is a name service that allows applications to register its NetBIOS name in order to start a session. It allows applications to register a NetBIOS name and group name, and it usually runs on UDP port 137.

Affected Products

NetBIOS

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

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

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• UDP/137

References

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940063.aspx