Server Message Block
Server Message Block
In computer networking, Server Message Block SMB, one version of which was also known as Common Internet File System CIFS, /ˈsɪfs/,12 operates as an application-layer network protocol3 mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism Most usage of SMB involves computers running Microsoft Windows, where it was known as "Microsoft Windows Network" before the subsequent introduction of Active Directory Corresponding Windows services are LAN Manager Server for the server component and LAN Manager Workstation for the client component4
Contents
1 Features
2 History
21 SMB 20
22 SMB 21
23 SMB 30
24 SMB 302
25 SMB 311
3 Implementation
31 Client-server approach
32 Samba
33 NQ
34 MoSMB
35 Performance issues
36 Microsofts modifications
4 Security
5 Specifications
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Features
SMB can run on top of the Session and lower network layers in several ways:
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