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Microsoft Giving SMB2 Talks At SambaXP

Posted by kdawson on from the pinch-me dept.

Jeremy Allison - Sam writes "I'm not much for writing blog entries, but I thought Slashdot readers might like to know that Microsoft architects and testers are attending SambaXP and have been giving some wonderful talks on how the protocol document testing works, and on the design of SMB2 in order to work well on WAN links. Really interesting technical stuff. Pinch me, I'm back in 1994 and things are really fun again :-)."

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  1. SMB2 talk by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So, for those of who can't attend, will there be some sort of webcast or what? In particular, I'm interested in what 'SMB2' will do that (RFC-compliant) NFSv4 won't.

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    1. Re:SMB2 talk by zappepcs · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Yes, MS gets to look like they are playing nice nice with F/OSS by supporting SMB, but in the long run it means they don't have to develop anything to keep working along side *nix systems in the data center.

      This is a win/win for MS, if I were them I'd do it too.

      Note: if NFS would support Windows networking, I'd use it too. Till then, I'm happy with SMB and use it at home and work.

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    2. Re:SMB2 talk by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Quick answer: Work with Windows.


      Actually NFSv4 supports Windows file-sharing semantics rather better than previous versions of NFS.

      I currently see Samba as more of a complement to NFSv4 to support Windows clients easily, but, OTOH, it is actually becoming increasingly possible to use only Samba for file sharing in a heterogenous UNIX/Windows environment, rather than a mix of Samba and NFS. If SMB2 ends up being better than NFSv4 in security and reliability aspects, then it may replace NFS as the defacto filesharing for *nix systems in the future.
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  2. Re:Isn't that game a little old? by Lord+Pillage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Don't you mean Doki Doki Panic?

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  3. Re:1994? by Jeremy+Allison+-+Sam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They've already released the protocol info publicly. The catch isn't the protocol documentation, it's the patent license they claim is needed to implement the protocol It's moving the control point from trade secrets to patents. But I'm still really happy with the release of the info to the public. The docs aren't perfect yet, but they're going to be improved. It's a very positive step.

    Jeremy.

  4. Re:I guess you have to be involved for it to be fu by Jeremy+Allison+-+Sam · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, that's the point really. It's *fun* :-). And also everyone is being very nice :-).

    Jeremy.