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CIFS or Public SMB Information on Common Internet File System

Article ID:199072
Last Review:November 1, 2006
Revision:3.2
This article was previously published under Q199072
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SUMMARY

To better understand Microsoft networking, users of Microsoft products need detailed information on the Server Message Block protocol.

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Storage Networking Industry Association

The most current information is from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). For more information, please view the SNIA Web site:
http://www.snia.org/ (http://www.snia.org/)
The relevant article link is:
http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/CIFS (http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/CIFS)
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HTTP CIFS: A Common Internet File System

Summary: This article assumes you are familiar with HTTP. Although "CIFS: A Common Internet File System", by Paul Leach and Dan Perry is based on the low-level file system implemented by Windows, CIFS is a platform-independent file sharing system. The Leach and Perry article contains the best explanation of oplocks or opportunistic locks or opportunistic locking.
Category = Developer: Mind

To view the Leach and Perry article, go to the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/Mind/1196/CIFS.htm (http://www.microsoft.com/Mind/1196/CIFS.htm)

MSDN - Platform SDK Explanation of Opportunistic Locks or Opportunistic Locking

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_5yk3.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_5yk3.asp)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_9s4z.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_9s4z.asp)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_9cxf.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_9cxf.asp)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_4303.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_4303.asp)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_06ur.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_06ur.asp)

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Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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