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SMB / CIFS: Server Message Block / Common Internet File System

SMB - Server Message Block - one version of which was also known as Common Internet File System (CIFS) - operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers, and serial ports and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism. Most usage of SMB involves computers running Microsoft Windows, where it was known as "Microsoft Windows Network" before the subsequent introduction of Active Directory.

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SMB operates as an application-layer network protocol mainly used for providing shared access to files, printers & serial ports & miscellaneous communications between nodes

Figure: The SMB toolkit allows test engineers to use SMB, SMB2 and SMB3 dialects in a single test.