CIFS (Common Internet File System) a file sharing protocol. CIFS was formerly known as SMB (Server Message Block), the server/redirector file sharing protocol used by MS-Net, LAN Manager, and Windows Networking. In addition, there are SMB solutions for OS/2, Netware, VMS, and Unix from vendors such as AT&T, HP, SCO, and, via Samba, over 33 others.
This HTML document is an attempt to gather the basic CIFS and SMB resource pointers into a single location. I expect that Real Soon Now there will be a fancy CIFS page on our web server. Until then, this artistically-challenged page might be useful...
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please e-mail Lee Fisher.
I know that I am missing some SMB redir/server vendors from the above list.