[cifs-protocol] [REG: 112050861043432] When will clients/applications do a smb2 session reauth

[Edgar Olougouna]

Christian,

I will follow-up via the new case number 112050861043432.

Thanks,
Edgar

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Ambach [mailto:ambi at samba.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:25 AM
To: Edgar Olougouna
Cc: Stefan (metze) Metzmacher; cifs-protocol at cifs.org; pfif at tridgell.net
Subject: Re: [112042751520312] When will clients/applications do a smb2 session reauth

Edgar,

On 05/01/2012 11:46 PM, Edgar Olougouna wrote:
> [Question]
> "3.2.4.2.3.1 Application Requests Reauthenticating a User"
> is the related section in [MS-SMB2].
>
> What layers in the client use this feature?
> How can I trigger this?
>
> [Answer]
> Re-authentication on a Valid session is application-driven.
> For re-authentication on Expired session, see example.

[MS-SMB2] does not contain a crisp definition of what the term "application" refers to.

To us, the term "application" somehow suggests that there is an API that an application living in userland can trigger a re-authentication.

Or does the term "application" apply to some Windows internal software like winlogon.exe and there is no publicly available API?

Just want to make sure we get the term "application" right in this context. It would be beneficial for our testing to be able to trigger a re-authentication any time via an API.

Regards,
Christian