A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...

Among the applications most likely impaired by file server centralization are Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, which use Microsoft’s Common Internet File System (CIFS) file sharing protocol, as well as ...

File sharing between Windows and Sun Microsystems Inc.’s OpenSolaris Unix platform is being bolstered through two projects at Sun. Sun is implementing CIFS (Common Internet File System) on both the ...

Common Internet File System is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing. CIFS performs poorly over high-latency WAN links because it’s chatty, meaning a large number ...

In the last couple of newsletters, we discussed the movement to consolidate servers into centralized data centers. We also discussed the problems that can result from running Common Internet File ...

For years we have used Sun Solaris servers sharing filesytems (/home etc) via NFS to other Unix servers and Samba to users' desktops. This has worked extremely well but our primary file server is due ...