Structure and Interpretation of the SMB Protocol

Sunu Engineer:  With decades of experience in software systems especially in the field of distributed storage, File Systems, Operating Systems etc, Sunu was instrumental in architecting and designing the original version of MoSMB, a proprietary SMB3 implementation on Linux, during his stint as the CTO of Ryussi Technologies Pvt Ltd. The insights gained from that exercise which required a deep study of the protocol as well as the interaction with the many members of the implementation ecosystem across the world led to the formulation of this book.  Anu Engineer: Is a software engineer with over 20 years of experience. He worked in the Windows Team and was part of the founding team of Windows Azure. He wrote the VMware Certificate Server and has made extensive contributions to the open-source. He is a core contributor and program management committee member for Apache Hadoop, Apache Ozone, and Apache Ratis. His most recent stint was in the field of AI and NLP in the field of Legal Contracts as the CTO of Sirionlabs Pvt Ltd.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Structure of the Protocol.- Chapter 3. The Entities in the Interaction.- Chapter 4. The Exchange of Messages.- Chapter 5. Interpretation of Messages. Chapter 6. Security and Integrity of Resources.- Chapter 7. IO Patterns.- Chapter 8. IO Models.-Chapter 9. IO Performance.- Chapter 10. Cooperative Coexistence.- Chapter 11. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Storage Protocols.- Chapter 12. How Things Go Wrong. Chapter 13. External Environments.- Chapter 14. Secure Use of the Protocol in a Large Scale Environment.