sambaXP 2024: Improving the network stack – progress on QUIC and SMB3.1.1 for Linux
Talk by Steve French (Microsoft / Samba Team)
Abstract:
There has been recent progress in creating an experimental Linux kernel driver for QUIC. QUIC avoids many of the performance problems that TCP/IP has (and adds encryption support as well) and is supported by other non-Linux platforms for SMB3.1.1 as an alternative to being forced to connect to the server using TCP. This presentation describes the current state of testing and development of use of the new kernel QUIC driver with SMB3.1.1 mounts on Linux, and what we have observed as we tested the new driver. As the kernel QUIC driver improves, it could be used even more broadly (not just for avoiding the "port 445" problem that some SMB3.1.1 users experience when they can't access remote servers due to port blockage but also for improving performance of many network use cases).
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