KB199072 - CIFS or Public SMB Information on Common Internet File System

Article ID: 199072

Article Last Modified on 2/25/2007

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

This article was previously published under Q199072

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/

The relevant article link is:

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

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_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_4303.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fsys_06ur.asp

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