What does SMB Stand For?

[Robert Cousins]

I am hunting for a reference on the SMB protocol. (I don't
even known what the letters stand for.) Could someone tell
me where I can find a reference which will allow me to learn
more about it?

Robert Cousins
Dept. Mgr, Workstation Dev't.
Data General Corp.

Speaking for myself alone.

[Garrett A Wollman]

In article <3...@dg.dg.com> uunet!dg!rec (Robert Cousins) writes:
>I am hunting for a reference on the SMB protocol. (I don't
>even known what the letters stand for.)

Last I checked, "Server Message Block" is the protocol (layered on
top of NetBIOS and/or NetBEUI) which MS-NET and Lan Manager use
to work their remote file access.

-GAWollman
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[Randy Smerik]

In article <3...@dg.dg.com> uunet!dg!rec (Robert Cousins) writes:

>I am hunting for a reference on the SMB protocol. (I don't
>even known what the letters stand for.) Could someone tell
>me where I can find a reference which will allow me to learn
>more about it?

SMB stands for "Server Message Block". It is a protocol used in
the LAN Manager environment. I don't personally know of a good
reference, but I would think that any detailed book on LAN Manager
would describe SMB.

Good Luck,

Randy Smerik, randy....@sandiego.ncr.com, (619) 485-2084
NCR Corp., 16550 W. Bernardo Drive, San Diego, CA 92127

[Steven M. Bellovin]

In article <3...@dg.dg.com>, r...@dg.dg.com (Robert Cousins) writes:
> I am hunting for a reference on the SMB protocol. (I don't
> even known what the letters stand for.)

I don't require any one protocol; I generally respond to all
reasonably-polite requests. And I'm going to trademark my
initials before more people start abusing them...

--Steven M. Bellovin