MCSE : Security Specialist
WINS
While
DNS resolves host names to IP addresses, WINS resolves NetBIOS names
to IP addresses. Windows Internet Name Service provides a dynamic
database of IP address to NetBIOS name resolution mappings.
WINS,
determines the IP address associated with a particular network
computer. This is called name resolution. WINS supports network
client and server computers running Windows.
WINS
uses a distributed database that is automatically updated with the
names of computers currently available and the IP address assigned
to each one.
DNS
is an alternative for name resolution suitable for network computers
with fixed IP addresses.
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol, is a TCP/IP protocol for
monitoring networks and network components. SNMP uses small utility
programs called agents to monitor behavior and traffic on the
network, in order to gather statistical data.
These
agents can be loaded onto managed devices such as hubs, NIC's,
servers, routers, and bridges. The gathered data is stored in a MIB
(management information base).
To
collect the information in a usable form, a management program
console polls these agents and downloads the information from their
MIB's, which then can be displayed as graphs, charts and sent to a
database program to be analyzed.
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