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I don't use SMB for everything like I used to - here's why

For example, I only kept the SMB or NFS share active at a time, and would wrap up all my data transfer tasks before switching ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Adds SMB Security Controls for Windows Insider Program Testers

Microsoft has added Server Message Block (SMB) security measures for IT pros, which are now available as part of an early Windows preview release, via the Windows Insider test program. Two new SMB ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Offers More Advice on Disabling Windows SMB 1

Microsoft's position on Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) in Windows systems is that organizations should just get rid of it. Essentially, the 30-year-old SMB 1 protocol permits man-in-the-middle ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 gets better protection against SMB brute-force attacks

Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel. Redmond has enabled the ...
CRN

Dell Launches Vostro PC Lineup For SMB

The Round Rock, Texas-based company also said the Vostro 1400, 1500 and 1700 notebooks, with prices ranging from $549 to $799, will be built with Intel Core2 Duo chips, up to 4 Gbytes of memory and ...
PC World

Microsoft will likely fix Windows SMB denial-of-service flaw on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers. The vulnerability was ...