Darren New wrote:
> Because DNS didn't have real-time dynamic updates when WINS was 
> invented. 

Actually, looking closer, WINS and DNS were both invented at 
approximately the same time (within months of each other). Neither was 
invented by Microsoft. And for about 4 years after NetBIOS was in fairly 
wide use, NetBIOS didn't have any standard encapsulation on top of IP, 
so worrying about people cracking passwords was limited to the people 
sitting next to you at the office. And five years after *that*, people 
standardized Kerberos.

So, a bit of history goes a long way towards explaining things. At 
least, much further than incredulity. :-)

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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