x NetBIOS name service requests are sent as broadcast messages from an x x unprivileged port and responded to with unicast messages to the x x same port. This make them hard to firewall properly because connection x x tracking doesn't deal with broadcasts. This helper tracks locally x x originating NetBIOS name service requests and the corresponding x x responses. It relies on correct IP address configuration, specifically x x netmask and broadcast address. When properly configured, the output x x of "ip address show" should look similar to this: x x x x $ ip -4 address show eth0 x x 4: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 x x inet 172.16.2.252/24 brd 172.16.2.255 scope global eth0