Samba 3.6 Brings SMB2 Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Samba 3.6 Brings SMB2 Support

Samba, the leading open-source implementation of Microsoft's SMB/CIFS networking protocol, has reached version 3.6 with a handful of new features...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTc3Ng

[liam]

Phoronix: Samba 3.6 Brings SMB2 Support

Samba, the leading open-source implementation of Microsoft's SMB/CIFS networking protocol, has reached version 3.6 with a handful of new features...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTc3Ng

There goes Apple's excuse for getting rid of Samba.

[RahulSundaram]

There goes Apple's excuse for getting rid of Samba.

Not really. Apple's reason seems to be GPLv3. Same reason why they don't want to use GCC anymore. If SMB2 was a real reason, they would have spend the effort writing patches instead of sticking to a older version.

[liam]

Not really. Apple's reason seems to be GPLv3. Same reason why they don't want to use GCC anymore. If SMB2 was a real reason, they would have spend the effort writing patches instead of sticking to a older version.

I agree that is likely the real reason but I think the reason given was the lack of SMB2 support b/c I have no idea why GPL would be an issue with OS X if they were simply reusing the tools.