Details of port 137

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Port: 137/tcp Type: NetBIOS Nameserver TCP
Description:
137/tcp is a standard port for NetBIOS Nameserver service. NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. The NetBIOS API allows applications on separate computers to communicate over a local area network. In modern networks, it normally runs over TCP/IP (NBT), giving each computer in the network both a NetBIOS name and an IP address corresponding to a (possibly different) host name.
[Detailed description]
Related links:
RFC 1002
Related ports:
137/udp, 138/udp, 138/tcp, 139/tcp, 139/udp, 445/tcp, 445/udp
Port: 137/udp Type: NetBIOS Nameserver UDP
Description:
137/udp is a standard port for NetBIOS Nameserver service. NetBIOS is an acronym for Network Basic Input/Output System. The NetBIOS API allows applications on separate computers to communicate over a local area network. In modern networks, it normally runs over TCP/IP (NBT), giving each computer in the network both a NetBIOS name and an IP address corresponding to a (possibly different) host name.
[Detailed description]
Related links:
RFC 1002
Related ports:
137/tcp, 138/udp, 138/tcp, 139/tcp, 139/udp, 445/tcp, 445/udp
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