Just days before its antitrust remedy trial begins in Washington, <B>Microsoft</B> plans to open up more protocols including its Server Message Block (SMB) file-sharing protocol.

Last time I discussed the (relatively) new SMB 2 protocol supported in Vista, Windows 7, and Server 2008. This protocol update can make communications more efficient between Longhorn operating ...

Microsoft released a single bulletin for this month's Patch Tuesday. The bulletin addresses three issues affecting Microsoft's Server Message Block Protocol.

Microsoft is appealing to organizations to stop using Server Message Block (SMB) version 1. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions such as file sharing ...

Learn how to enable or disable SMBv2 on your Windows 11/10. Server Message Block is a network file sharing protocol that is designed for data sharing.

One of the ways in which Server 2008’s new version of the Server Message Block protocol improves performance over the original version of SMB is through something called “opportunistic locking ...

Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build 25992 for Insiders in the Canary Channel. It includes a number of Server Message Block (SMB) protocol changes, a Snipping Tool update, and more.

Redmond is investigating reports that a newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's implementation of the Server Message Block 2 (SMB2) protocol, an extension of the conventional server message block ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system already disables by default SMB (Server Message Block) version 1, the 30-year-old file-sharing protocol.

Although this month's two-patch security bundle is small, the patches repaired critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft's XML Core Services and Server Message Block Protocol, which affect several ...

One of the changes Apple has made in OS X Mavericks is the use of Server Message Block (SMB) version 2 as the preferred networking protocol for efficiency, security, and compatibility with other ...

A new security vulnerability involving the Server Message Block protocol, used for Windows file-sharing, can allow a remote attacker to take control of a vulnerable Vista, Server 2008 or Windows 7 ...