SMB2 Protocol - what is a Symbolic Link?
I had a comment from my last post about the new SMB2 protocol that I wanted to follow up on...There was mention of support for 'Symbolic Links' in the post and Mr. Kevin Owen asked for some clarification.
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Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation
Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make them available to Free Software projects such as Samba.
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20.12.2007 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008Windows 7 supports search plugins
When Vista was released, its search features were significantly better than XP's. It's time to take a look at what Microsoft is planning to do for
search for Windows 7; according to information Microsoft has released to developers, search in Windows 7 can go beyond a local network:
"Windows 7 supports searching for documents beyond the user's own PC. Developers and IT professionals can enable their search engines, document
repositories, web applications, and proprietary data stores to be searched from Windows 7 without needing to write and deploy client code. This
enables end users to search their corporate intranet or the web as easily as they can search for their local files—all from within the same familiar
Windows interface."
Furthermore, developers can add Windows 7 compatible OpenSearch support to any existing searchable web application
by adding RSS or ATOM output (the desktop client can then have a Search Connector for the service). SharePoint Search Server can also query these
compatible OpenSearch services (as shown at PDC 2008).
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30.11.2008Windows Media Player Protocol Rollover
When Windows Media Player connects to a Windows Media server the player tries to use the most efficient protocol for the job. However, the player is
not always able to connect with the first protocol it tries. This is usually due to either a firewall issue or the version of the client and server
that are being used together.
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19.08.2008Security Briefs: Using Protocol Transition—Tips from the Trenches
Now that Windows Server 2003
is widely deployed, Keith
Brown addresses questions from
readers who are trying to use
protocol transition to build
secure gateways into their
intranets...
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27.01.2007New Windows Live Messenger Protocol breaks Adium and Pidgin
Bad news for us alternative IM client users - mess.be is reporting that the reason for the inability to sign into the Windows Live Messenger network
is due to the recent upgrade to protocol version 15 (or MSNP15), which requires a new certificate for address book retrieval.
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12.01.2009Windows 7: Federated Search
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search: Windows Vista included the enhanced desktop search feature which helps users
to readily locate files, e-mail messages, and other items on their PC . With the release of Windows Search 4.0, the performance of the search tool
improved while adding much-needed manageability features for IT. Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the
scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS
format.
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06.01.2009TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows “ PDF download available
This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems. This book is primarily a discussion of concepts and principles to lay a conceptual
foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite and provides an integrated discussion of both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6).
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02.06.2008Vista SP1 to Remove 'Search-MS' as Default Protocol
In a Knowledgebase advisory to developers today, Microsoft is urging developers for Windows Vista who intend for their programs to run under Service
Pack 1 not to assume the default search protocol being used by the system is Microsoft's...
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13.09.2007Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation
Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement
with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make
them available to Free Software projects such as Samba. Microsoft was required to make this information available to competitors as part of the
European Commission March 24th 2004 Decision in the antitrust lawsuit, after losing their appeal against that decision on September 17th 2007.
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21.12.2007Skype Protocol Reportedly
Cracked
A Chinese software company has
reportedly reverse engineered
the protocol and encryption
used by Skype to make calls
over the Internet, although
details are still sparse. The
news could mean that third
party Skype clients are on the
way...
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15.07.2006Fifteen minutes to crack WPA protocol, says researcher
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is considered a superior encryption protocol to the aged and inherently flawed WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), but it is
not without its vulnerability, as one researcher is preparing to demonstrate...
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06.11.2008PGP creator shows off VoIP encryption app
PGP creator Phil Zimmermann is
now focusing his crypto skills
on making VoIP calls more
secure. At the Black Hat
security convention in Las
Vegas, he showed off his
latest version of the Zfone
client that encrypts VoIP
calls. Zfone can be easily
used with most VoIP clients
and, according to Zimmermann,
will appear in future
hardware-based VoIP phones.
Zfone itself
is actually a daemon that runs
under your VoIP client in the
IP protocol stack. It
implements the ZRTP protocol
which is an extension of the
regular VoIP RTP protocol.
Zimmermann, along with Alan
Johnston and PGP CTO Jon
Callas, submitted the protocol
to the IETF as a draft
standard last year.
Zimmermann told
us, śYou can still use your
favorite client on top and
Zfone secures the call.ť
Basically
you can think of Zfone as a
VPN client for your VoIP
because it provides an
encrypted tunnel for calls.
The protocol adds four bytes
of authentication on every
voice packet and encrypts the
RTP data payload with AES
128-bit or higher encryption.
Zimmermann said the protocol
is lightweight and modern
computers shouldnt experience
any noticeable CPU slowdown...
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03.08.2007Microsoft and Xandros Expand Collaboration
Today, Microsoft Corp. and
Linux platform provider
Xandros announced a messaging
protocol license and
collaboration agreement that
will enhance the
interoperability of Scalix
e-mail servers with various
mobile and personal
computer-based e-mail
applications that utilize
Microsoft e-mail protocols.
This agreement expands on the
ongoing Microsoft-Xandros
collaboration.
Both companies'
commitment to protocol
licensing and technical
cooperation will help to
provide more e-mail choices
and value. By continuing their
focus on mixed-source
solutions, Xandros and
Microsoft are demonstrating
how protocol-level
collaboration can benefit
customers who rely on a mix of
Windows-based and Linux
systems.
By licensing the Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync protocol
and the Outlook Exchange
Transport Protocol, Scalix
Mail Servers can now
synchronize data over wireless
networks with Microsoft
Exchange Server as well as
various e-mail clients that
use these and other Microsoft
protocols.
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15.08.2007Microsoft Protocol Program Extends Interoperability for Developers
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed several Microsoft Communications Protocol Program (MCPP) licensing agreements with industry leaders
such as Aruba Networks Inc., BalaBit IT Security and Secure Computing Corp. under the U.S. protocol program.
The MCPP has been
designed to answer software application developers need to interoperate with Microsoft Windows server and client environments as well as meet
regulatory requirements.
śThe MCPP, while recognizing what is expected of us by U.S. government standards, is a structured
approach that will enable our customers to enhance their overall IT ecosystem,ť said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools
Business at Microsoft. śOur responsibility is to provide customers and partners like Aruba Networks, BalaBit and Secure Computing with information,
tools and support that facilitate interoperability with Windows.ť..
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28.08.2007The Pirate Bay Sees a Future Without BitTorrent
The guys from The Pirate Bay are always working on interesting side-projects, but there is one in particular that’s so significant, it might be
the future of filesharing. For a while now, they have been working on a brand new protocol - which may come to replace BitTorrent in the near future.
Why a new protocol? Well, the current BitTorrent protocol is developed and maintained by BitTorrent Inc. This company, founded by BitTorrent inventor
Bram Cohen, recently decided to close the source of some newer additions to the protocol. According to The Pirate Bay, this gives them too much power
and influence.
Another reason for a new and improved protocol is the massive number of spammers and anti-piracy organizations that abuse
the BitTorrent protocol, either to make money or to bust people who download infringing material. The new protocol will be designed with these
potential problems in mind. The protocol will most likely use the .p2p file extension compared to the .torrent extension BitTorrent uses right now.
The good thing is that the .p2p files will be backwards compatible which should ensure a smooth transition from .torrent to .p2p files.
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31.10.2007The DivX codec makes a play for set-top boxes
The little codec that could, DivX, announced a series of partnerships today that will use the protocol in set-top boxes for Internet Protocol
Television (IPTV)...
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08.01.2008MS Details More IE 7 Security
Goodies
Microsoft plans to
discontinue the use of the
SSLv2 (Secure Socket Layer)
protocol in the coming
Internet Explorer browser
refresh.
I
n its place, he company will
fit the stronger TLSv1
(Transport Layer Security)
protocol into IE 7 as part of
an overall plan to improve the
security and user experience
for HTTPS
connections.
Micros
oft Corp. made the
announcement on its official
IE Blog where a call to action
was issued for Web site owners
to make the necessary
configuration changes to
permit the new protocol
connections.
Eric
Lawrence, a program manager on
the IE team, also warned that
the new browser will block
navigation to HTTPS sites that
present problematic digital
certificates...
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26.10.2005Microsoft Announces Changes for Accessing Hotmail with Outlook Express
Important news if you currently access your Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook Express, come June 30th. this will no longer be possible.
A change is coming for users that access Hotmail with Outlook Express. Outlook Express uses a protocol called DAV (Distributed Authoring
and Versioning protocol) to access a Windows Live™ Hotmail® e-mail account. DAV, like POP3 or IMAP, is the way that a mail client communicates with
a web-based mail server.
As of June 30, 2008, Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be able to access
your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we recommend that you download Windows Live Mail, a free desktop e-mail client that has the
familiarity of Outlook Express and much more.
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18.04.2008Mozilla to fix 9-month-old Firefox bug as concerns grow
Mozilla Corp. will patch Firefox against a nine-month-old protocol handler bug, its chief security executive announced Friday, after researchers
demonstrated that the vulnerability was more serious than first thought.
The bug is another Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
protocol handler flaw, and the news of an impending fix comes on the heels of Microsoft patching Windows to repair problems in the handlers it
registers. Protocol handlers -- "mailto:" is among the most familiar -- let browsers launch other programs such as an e-mail client through commands
embedded in a URL.
But Firefox's jar: protocol handler (the ".jar" extension stands for Java ARchive, a ZIP-style compression
format) does not check that the files it calls are really in that format. Attackers can exploit the flaw by uploading any content -- malicious code,
for example, or a malformed Office document -- to a Web site, then entice users to that site and its content with a link that includes the jar:
protocol. Because the content executes in the security context of the hosting site, if that site (eg., a commercial photo sharing service) is trusted,
then the malicious code runs as trusted within the browser too.
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19.11.2007File Sharing Protocols to Diverge Next Year
In case you missed the whats going on in the somewhat underground world of torrenting and file sharing with all the talk of
Facebook-Microsoft and the supposed
tech bubble, theres a bit of a spat brewing. Recently, part
of the BitTorrent protocol has been turned closed source, and The Pirate Bay has asserted that this gives BitTorrent, Inc. too much power.
In response, Pirate Bay has been working on a brand new protocol that they hope may come to replace BitTorrent in the near future. The
protocol will likely use the .p2p file extension (as opposed to the .torrent extension in use now).
Casual users of torrenting
shouldnt see too much interruption in service, as many BitTorrent clients pledge support for the new protocol, and the .p2p protocol promises to be
backwards compatible with all .torrents
The new protocol is still in the development phase, but a release may come as soon as
early next year. It presently remains nameless, but you can read up a bit on it at
the design page.
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31.10.2007Google Open-sources its Internal Data Exchange Language
Google has open-sourced its protocol buffers, the company's lingua franca for encoding various types of data, in order to set the stage for a wave of
new releases,
according to official company blog posts
and documents reported in this article.
"Practically everyone inside Google" uses protocol buffers, states a
FAQ page. "We have
many other projects we would like to
release as open source that use protocol buffers,
so to do this, we needed to release protocol buffers first."
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