Editing Server Message Block (section)

== Specifications ==

The specifications for the SMB are proprietary and were initially closed, thereby forcing other vendors and projects to reverse-engineer the protocol to interoperate with it. The SMB 1.0 protocol was eventually published some time after it was reverse engineered, whereas the SMB 2.0 protocol was made available from Microsoft's Open Specifications Developer Center from the outset.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc216517%28PROT.10%29.aspx |title=Windows Protocols<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=October 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926202714/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc216517(PROT.10).aspx |archive-date=September 26, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>