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| Description: | Short for Server Message Block, a message format used by DOS and Windows to share files, directories and devices. NetBIOS is based on the SMB format, and many network products use SMB. These SMB-based networks include Lan Manager, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Lan Server. There are also a number of products that use SMB to enable file sharing among different operating system platforms. A product called Samba, for example, enables UNIX and Windows machines to share directories and files. About the protocol used by SMB see http://ntsecurity.nu/papers/port445/. See also an introduction to SMB at http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html. |