Chapter 3. The Basics of NBT Implementation
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Ready?
We have identified the three key parts of NBT: the Name Service, the Datagram Service, and the Session Service. This is enough to get us started. We will begin by coding up a simple Name Service Query, just to see what kind of trouble that gets us into.
Before we start, though, it’s probably a good idea to check our tools.
✓ Sniffer
You need one of these. If you have Windows systems available, see if you can get a copy of Microsoft’s NetMon (Network Monitor). You will want the latest and most complete version. The advantage of NetMon is that Microsoft have included parsers for many of their protocols.
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