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 ...

Microsoft has issued a formal security advisory to confirm the remote reboot flaw in its implementation of the SMB2 protocol, going a step further to warn that a successful attack could lead to remote ...

Apple will be replacing its longstanding AFP networking technology with SMB2 as the default networking protocol in OS X Mavericks. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

In OS X Mavericks, Apple will begin migrating from its own legacy Apple Filing Protocol to Microsoft's SMB2 in an effort to enhance performance, security and cross platform file sharing. Macs running ...

While not quite a patch, Microsoft updated its security advisory by telling users to cut support for the SMBv2 protocol, accompanied by a link to the Microsoft "Fix It" package disabling the SMBv2 ...

The latest update from Microsoft for its monthly patch batch involves fixing an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the way that Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) ...

If you are experiencing troubles with SMB connections in OS X Mavericks, you can try forcing the use of the prior SMB protocol. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

If you want to enable or disable SMBv2 on your Windows 11/10 device then this guide will help you do so. But before that, let’s have a brief introduction about this application; however, if you are ...

In an attempt to warn IT and consumers, Microsoft has released a list of products that are using the flawed Server Message Block 1 (SMB 1). The insecure and long-deprecrated SMB 1 protocol made ...

Microsoft explained in a Wednesday announcement that it didn't actually remove Server Message Block 1 (SMB1) from Windows releases. SMB1 is a deprecated and insecure Windows component still used by ...