CIFS Ground Rules

History: CIFS, TCP/IP, and Microsoft

 

mid/late 1990's

  • SMB Renamed by Microsoft

    • CIFS == Common Internet FileSystem

    • Competition with Sun's WebNFS

    • A Series of IETF Internet Drafts are released

 

  • CIFS is "Transport Independent"

    • Windows2000 removes NetBIOS API requirement

    • Windows2000 introduces SMB over TCP/IP (without NBT)

      • New Authentication, Naming, and Browsing systems

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