SMB Protocol Explained
21.02.2021
by David Zomaya
Server Message Block (SMB) is one of the most popular file server protocols today. When implemented properly, SMB enables secure, efficient, and scalable network resource and file sharing. A common challenge facing many organizations is finding SMB software that meets licensing, performance, portability, and security requirements without becoming too complex to manage. Here, we’ll take a look at the SMB protocol and popular software options for implementing it both on corporate networks and in commercial products.
02.02.2021
by Christopher R. Hertel
08.12.2020
by Tal Wideman
Visuality NQ Meets RPC Security Feature Update of Microsoft for Secure Netlogon Channels and RPC Calls
01.10.2020
15.03.2020
by Tal Wideman
The Recently Revealed SMBv3 Vulnerability: Facts and highlights
25.05.2020
02.01.2019
by Tal Widerman
SMB 3: What is SMB? SMB, or Server Message Block, is one of the pillars of mass data transfers across networks. In the age of data centers and virtualized servers, this is the protocol that is doing the hard lifting, by moving, copying and modifying terabytes of user data, and keeping it secure and encrypted from hackers and ransom attacks. The protocol itself has undergone a rapid evolution from its early days, and the latest Microsoft SMB 3.1.1 version is aimed at speed, flexibility and extreme security. For virtualized data centers, the SMBv3.x family of dialects is the de-facto standard for high performance, offering a rich set of functions that weren’t available earlier.
27.04.2018
by Tal Widerman
What made WannaCry such big news is not the financial impact but the fact that it locked up a hospital to the point where operations were delayed and lives were in jeopardy.
10.09.2019
by Mark Rabinovich
In my younger days, cameras were cameras – not digital devices. In those days, connectivity meant keeping exposed films out of light, avoiding X-rays of airport scanners, and choosing the best film development kiosk. And all this did not require any digital intelligence, but rather human intelligence. Older folks can even recall choosing the right exposure, playing around with aperture and other, what some now consider cumbersome, duties for a non-professional guy.
07.12.2018
by Tal Widerman
The firewalls of routers we work behind and consider secure may not really be so. The makers of network hardware are moving too slow to catch up with new hacking exploits, and so the markets are still selling routers that haven’t been upgraded. The situation presents great dangers to users, and this has been confirmed by research findings from the security giant, Akamai.
SMB Over QUIC
Microsoft SMB Over QUIC A Game Changer Ned Pyle, Principal Program Manager in the Microsoft Windows Server engineering group announced in March 2020, a “game changer”
SMB for VxWorks
SMB3 for Linux YNQ™ Adds Server/Client SMBv3 Capabilities To Linux OS VxWorks is a popular real-time operating system (RTOS) for embedded systems. The VxWorks RTOS is
What is SMB? What IT Decision Makers Need To Know
What is SMB? What IT Decision Makers Need To Know David Zomaya “Server Message Block (SMB) is one of the most popular file server protocols today.
A Java Infusion
A Java Infusion Christopher R. Hertel The story behind jCIFS A Journey A couple of summers ago, I rode the Mickelson Trail through the Black Hills of South
CVE-2020-1472 – Microsoft Netlogon Vulnerability
CVE-2020-1472 – Microsoft Netlogon Vulnerability Tal Widerman Visuality NQ Meets RPC Security Feature Update of Microsoft for Secure Netlogon Channels and RPC Calls Microsoft has recently
SMB3 for Linux
SMB3 for Linux YNQ™ Adds Server/Client SMBv3 Capabilities To Linux OS Visuality Systems YNQ™ offers the most advanced, Non-GPL SMB client and SMB server libraries for anyone looking
CVE-2020-1472 Microsoft Vulnerability Update
CVE-2020-1472 Microsoft Vulnerability Update Addressing Microsoft’s update announcement for Netlogon vulnerability CVE-2020-1472, the outcoming YNQ version 1.5.0, planned to be released in Q1 2021, will have a
SMB3 for WinCE
SMB3 for WinCE YNQ™ Adds Server/Client SMBv3 Capabilities To WinCE The SMB protocol was introduced to Win CE in version 6 back in 2006. Microsoft kept
CVE-2020-0796 – Microsoft SMB Vulnerability
CVE-2020-0796 – Microsoft SMB Vulnerability Tal Widerman The Recently Revealed SMBv3 Vulnerability: Facts and highlights The tech community was taken by a surprise this week when
Camera Connectivity
Camera Connectivity Mark Rabinovich In my younger days, cameras were cameras – not digital devices. In those days, connectivity meant keeping exposed films out of light,
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