[jcifs] Jcifs in Native mode vs Mixed Mode

[Christopher R. Hertel]

If someone wants to give it a whirl, it should be possible to hack the 
code and make it work with a server running naked transport (no NBT 
layer).  The semantics of port 445 sessions vs. 139 are 99.99% identical.  

There are some differences in authentication (e.g., you can't send an NT 
Domain name since NT Domain names are NetBIOS names and... well... there's 
no NetBIOS any more), and there may be a minor difference in the way that 
the 4-byte packet header is read (it's a 24-bit length field instead of a 
17-bit field with 7 "reserved" bits).

The real differences are in name resolution and access to the "Browse 
List".  Those can be bypassed pretty easily, however.

2cents.

Chris -)-----

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:32:22PM -0500, Michael B Allen wrote:
> madlg3 at vodafone.es said:
> > Does anybody know if jcifs works against W2k shares , when the system
> > works in native mode instead of mixmode?
> 
> I don't know what 'mixmode' is but jCIFS only works if NetBIOS is enabled.
> 
> Mike

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