May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1176 pages
28h 24m
English
The server message block (SMB) protocol is used for communications between Windows computers. SMB signing is a process that ensures that the communication received by a computer was actually sent by the computer referenced as the source. This is an important security setting because even if authentication is established between domain member computers, after the session start, communications may be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. When SMB signing is required, the Windows computer signs each message it sends. The Windows computer that receives the message can and does check to ensure that the source of the communication is valid. SMB signing is enabled by default on Windows Server 2003. SMB signing is ...
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