SMB protocol help
Christopher R. Hertel
crh at nts.umn.edu
Tue Nov 6 08:22:52 GMT 2001
> Hi. I'm a seasoned protocols engineer, but new to SMB and Samba. Two
> questions:
>
> 1. Where can I find SMB protocol specs? (This must be a FAQ; I've
> searched for a FAQ list but can not locate one.)
The closest thing to a spec for SMB is at:
http://www.snia.org/English/Work_Groups/NAS/CIFS/WG_CIFS_Docs.html
No real "specification" exists as the protocol tends to morph a bit every
time Microsoft releases a new OS or service pack.
The "classic" underlying session is carried via the NetBIOS API, which has
been implemented on top of lots of "real" transports including TCP/IP.
See RFC1001 and RFC1002. See also: http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/ for a
description of how this all works. Note that with W2K, Microsoft
introduced support for SMB over native TCP/IP on port 445...which is
differn't.
Regarding browsing, there are some good references in the Samba documents
collection. I wrote up an overview as part of:
http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-05/smb_01.html
Chris -)-----
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