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-ServerMessageBlock ([SMB]) is a client/server protocol similar to remote procedure calls ([RPC]), but specialised for file system access. It is the native method of file and print sharing for [Microsoft]'s operating systems, where it is called [Microsoft] Networking. [Windows] for Workgroups, [Windows] 95, and [WindowsNT] all include [SMB] clients and servers.
+ServerMessageBlock ([SMB]) is a client/server protocol similar to remote procedure calls ([RPC]), but specialised for file system access. It was developed by [Intel], [Microsoft], and [IBM] in the early 1980s, and also had input from [Xerox] and [3Com]
. It is the native method of file and print sharing for [Microsoft]'s operating systems, where it is called [Microsoft] Networking, but it is also used by [OS/2], Lan Manager and Banyan Vines
. [Windows] for Workgroups, [Windows] 95, and [WindowsNT] all include [SMB] clients and servers. [SMB] originally ran on top of the lower level protocols NetBEUI and NetBIOS, but now typically runs over [TCP/IP]
.
-But [SMB] is also used by [OS/2], Lan Manager and Banyan Vines, and there
are [SMB] servers and clients for Unix, for example [Samba] and smbclient(1)
. The protocol was developed by
[Intel
],
[Microsoft
], and [IBM] in
the early 1980s. It has also had input from [Xerox] and
[3Com
].
+There
are [SMB] servers and clients for Unix, as well
. The most popular one is a reverse-engineered OpenSource implementation of the
protocol called
[Samba
]. It allows Unix machines integrate networks consisting of Windows clients.
[Samba
] can even act as a "domain controller"
, removing
the need for expensive
[Windows
] server licences
.
-[SMB] originally ran on top
of the lower level protocols NetBEUI
and NetBIOS
, but now typically runs over
[TCP/IP
].
+While it is mainly used for file and printer sharing between computers, it has provisions for much more.
[SMB] is a presentation layer protocol structured as a large set
of commands (called "Server Message Blocks", hence
the name). Clients
and servers may implement different versions ("dialects") of the protocol
, and will negotiate the version to use before starting a session. There are commands to support sharing of files, printers, serial ports, for user authentication, resource browsing, communications abstractions such as named pipes and mail slots, and other miscellaneous functions. A redirector packages
[SMB
] requests into a network control block (NBC) structure that can be sent across the network to a remote device
.
-While it is mainly used for file and printer sharing between computers, it has provisions for much more. [SMB] is a presentation layer protocol structured as a large set of commands (Server Message Blocks). Clients and servers may implement different versions ("dialects") of the protocol, and will negotiate the version to use before starting a session. There are commands to support sharing of files, printers, serial ports, for user authentication, resource browsing, communications abstractions such as named pipes and mail slots, and other miscellaneous functions. A redirector packages [SMB] requests into a network control block (NBC) structure that can be sent across the network to a remote device.
-
-developed an
extended version of
[SMB] for the
[Internet
], the Common Internet File System ([CIFS]),
which in most cases replaces [SMB]. [CIFS]
runs only runs over [TCP/IP].
+[Microsoft] have extended [SMB] into
[CIFS
], slated as a replacement of
the protocol for the InterNet
which runs only runs over [TCP/IP].
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CategoryProtocols
