• SMB vs. NFS
• Developed by IBM, Intel & MS ~1985-7
• NFS was released in 1985
• connections via NetBIOS over TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, or NetBEUI
• SMB protocol is named for the underlying SMB (Server Message Block) message structure
• SMB protocol docs are at ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/CIFS/
• SMB is now known as CIFS: Common Internet File System
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