Editing Server Message Block (section)

=== CIFS ===
In 1996, when Sun Microsystems announced [[WebNFS]],<ref name="WebNFS">{{cite web |title=WebNFS - Technical Overview |url=http://www.sun.com/software/webnfs/overview.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518204025/http://www.sun.com/software/webnfs/overview.xml |archive-date=2007-05-18}}</ref> Microsoft launched an initiative to rename SMB to Common Internet File System (CIFS)<ref name="tridgemyths" /> and added more features, including support for [[symbolic link]]s, [[hard link]]s, larger file sizes, and an initial attempt at supporting direct connections over TCP port 445 without requiring [[NetBIOS]] as a transport (a largely experimental effort that required further refinement). Microsoft submitted some partial specifications as [[Internet Draft]]s to the [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]].<ref name="IETF">See:
* {{cite web|first1=I.|last1=Heizer|first2=P.|last2=Leach|first3=D.|last3=Perry|date=June 13, 1996|title=Common Internet File System Protocol (CIFS/1.0)|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-heizer-cifs-v1-spec-00|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808115512/https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-heizer-cifs-v1-spec-00|archive-date=August 8, 2019}}
* {{cite web|first1=Paul J.|last1=Leach|first2=Dilip C.|last2=Naik|date=January 3, 1997|title=CIFS Logon and Pass Through Authentication|url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leach-cifs-logon-spec|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531142914/https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-leach-cifs-logon-spec|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first1=Paul J.|last1=Leach|first2=Dilip C.|last2=Naik|date=January 10, 1997|title=CIFS/E Browser Protocol|url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leach-cifs-browser-spec|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531142914/https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-leach-cifs-browser-spec|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first1=Paul J.|last1=Leach|first2=Dilip C.|last2=Naik|date=January 31, 1997|title=CIFS Printing Specification|url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leach-cifs-print-spec|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531142916/https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-leach-cifs-print-spec|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first1=Paul J.|last1=Leach|first2=Dilip C.|last2=Naik|date=February 26, 1997|title=CIFS Remote Administration Protocol|url=http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leach-cifs-rap-spec|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531142915/https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-leach-cifs-rap-spec|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first1=Paul J.|last1=Leach|first2=Dilip C.|last2=Naik|date=December 19, 1997|title=A Common Internet File System (CIFS/1.0) Protocol|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leach-cifs-v1-spec|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531142916/https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-leach-cifs-v1-spec|url-status=live}}</ref> These submissions have since expired.