Common Protocol for Distributed Network File System
Peter Peniak, Fedor Kallay
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Abstract
Paper deals with common protocol for distributed network file system. Focus is on CIFS protocol from Microsoft, the enhanced version of Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB), that is proposed as possible common solution for file sharing among distributed systems. There are new requirements included as well, that are to be implemented due to recent changes in applications and devices and has been addressed in new generation ofdistributed file system protocols such as AFS2, CODA and WebDAV.