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Subject: Microsoft WINS wont play fair!
From: Bertrum Carroll <bc17684 @ 90 . deere . com>
Organization: Deere & Company
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:10:21 -0600
To: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM

When using IP based security and MS DHCP is there a way to determine a 
users "Host Name" given his IP address?

For example:
  1.  PC user gets an IP address via MS DHCP.
  2.  The routers, proxies and firewalls record the user by IP address.
    <<<< Problem nslookup will not resolve who this user is >>>>>
  3.  My UNIX / DNS tools work only on well known host names.

Other than scanning the logs of each DHCP server on my network is there 
a UNIX or PC tool to convert the IP address back to a name (even a WINS 
name will do).


Tanks In Advance

Bert Carroll
bc17684 @
 90 .
 deere .
 com


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