SMB analysis
Server Message Block (SMB) is an application-layer protocol, which is commonly used to provide file and printer sharing services. Moreover, it is also capable of handling the shared services between serial ports and laid miscellaneous communications between different nodes on the network. It is also known as CIFS (Common Internet File System).
SMB is purely based on a client-server architecture and has been implemented on various operating systems such as Linux and Windows. Network Basic Input Output System (NetBIOS) is an integral part of the SMB protocol, which implements the transport service on Windows systems. NetBIOS runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol (NBT) and thus allows each computer with a unique network name and IP address ...
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