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Reputation: 23

encode Netbios name python

I would like to encode "ITSATEST" to it's netbios name value in python; The occurence table and explication are here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194203

I dont know how this could be done easily in python, someone can give me a hand ?

Thanks !

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2472

Answers (2)

Blair Conrad
Blair Conrad

Reputation: 241790

You can map each nibble of the original string, taking its numerical value and offsetting from 'A':

encoded_name = ''.join([chr((ord(c)>>4) + ord('A'))
                        + chr((ord(c)&0xF) + ord('A')) for c in original_name])

Upvotes: 2

Jim Garrison
Jim Garrison

Reputation: 86774

Take a look at RFC 1001, which defines the encoding. In section 14.1 "FIRST LEVEL ENCODING" is the algorithm for the encoding, which you could implement directly in Python.

Upvotes: 1

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