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What is the main difference between CIFS and SMB?

File Sharing Protocols

System Administration File Sharing Network Administration SMB CIF
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Question added by Mohammed Wahaj Sagheer uddin , Network Administrator , Arts Technologies
Date Posted: 2017/03/15
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Subash Ponvasagam
by Subash Ponvasagam , Assistant Engineer , The New Indian EXpress

The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing protocol, and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol. The set of message packets that defines a particular version of the protocol is called a dialect. The Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol is a dialect of SMB.

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