How are CIFS and SMB related to each other?

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Are they synonyms, or components of a protocol stack? Answers with proof links are welcome.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '12 at 13:54

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answered Mar 01 '12 at 13:54

user9517

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '12 at 14:03

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They're pretty much the same.

According to Wikipedia, they are the same.

According to Microsoft, CIFS is a dialect of SMB.

answered Mar 01 '12 at 14:03

T. Fabre

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