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Subject: Re: Microsoft WINS wont play fair!
From: Ron DuFresne <dufresne @ parka . winternet . com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:40:55 -0600 (CST)
To: Bertrum Carroll <bc17684 @ 90 . deere . com>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <330C5B4D . 2468 @ 90 . deere . com>

How about tracert?

Later,

Ron DuFresne

On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Bertrum Carroll wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> ////////  Dumb Remarks  \\\\\\\
> Getting off of mailing lists is not a problem with this mailing list.
> It's a user interface / education problem across the net.  
> 
> <Insert standard legal disclaimers; mispellings are due to bad packets;
> Dont sue me I don't have any money>

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