Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] packet-smb big patch

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From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:41:16 +1030
Guy Harris wrote:


On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 07:05:21AM +1100, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:


struct smb_unmatched {
   address src;
   address dst;



Is it necessarily the case that a client will have only one connection
to a server?  I would not assume that to be the case.



Indeed it is not the case. A Samba server can advertise multiple NetBIOS names, as can some NT servers. A client creates a separate connection if the NetBIOS name is different.


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