18.4.6 Ensure 'MSS: Allow the computer to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers' is set to 'Enabled'

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This audit has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update.

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NetBIOS over TCP/IP is a network protocol that among other things provides a way to easily resolve NetBIOS names that are registered on Windows-based systems to the IP addresses that are configured on those systems. This setting determines whether the computer releases its NetBIOS name when it receives a name-release request. The NetBT protocol is designed not to use authentication, and is therefore vulnerable to spoofing.