The Samba team isn't expecting to release Samba 4 until the first half of 2011 (optimistically) but work on support for Microsoft's SMB2 -- and older SMB/CIFS -- has moved ahead quite nicely. Samba ...

I have a pair of Windows Server 2008 VMs running on ESX 3.5 that serve several websites, some of them fairly busy. The servers are clustered using NLB, and access common data on a CIFS share hosted on ...

With the release of Windows server 2012, Microsoft extended the capability of its flagship operating system by including a number of new storage features that enable Windows to provide the ...

I just sent the following to Apple's feedback page. Thoughts? Is there any reason why Apple couldn't or shouldn't include SMB/CIFS support in OSX? <P><BLOCKQUOTE ...

One Samba contributor is working with Microsoft on a new set of SMB/CIFS documentation. A recent post on the Samba team blog indicates that code contributor Chris Hertel and his Ubiqx consulting ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atsign, the leader in invisible zero trust connectivity solutions, today announced that its NoPorts technology now supports invisible SMB/CIFS ...

SMB (Server Message Block) is the network protocol glue that binds many file and print servers and clients for Windows and Linux, but it’s recently been running into some trouble. First, Microsoft’s ...

Here’s another end-of-week attempt to tie up some loose ends. As I reported a month back, whereas SageTV’s Theater HD networked media extender worked well over CAT5, its ability to stream media over a ...

We've received several reports from readers indicating problems connecting to SMB (Samba) servers through certain third-party wireless routers. Users experiencing ...

NoPorts technology eliminates the need for open ports, delivering secure, seamless SMB/CIFS access over any network, while making endpoints invisible to port scans and vulnerability exploits SAN JOSE, ...