Hello Jim,
Thank you for posting here.
According to your description, I understand that you want to know the
protocol instead of CIFS that is used in Windows Server 2003 to read/write
network file. If I have misunderstood the problem, please don't hesitate to
let me know.
Based on my research, It should be SMB protocol.
The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a network file sharing protocol,
and as implemented in Microsoft Windows is known as Microsoft SMB Protocol.
The set of message packets that defines a particular version of the
protocol is called a dialect. CIFS refers to the dialect that was
implemented in the Windows NT4 operating system. SMB and CIFS are also
available on VMS, several versions of Unix, and other operating systems.
Microsoft SMB Protocol and CIFS Protocol Overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365233.aspx
Common Internet File System (CIFS) File Access Protocol
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c4adb584-7ff0-4acf-
bd91-5f7708adb23c&displaylang=en
Microsoft SMB Protocol Packet Exchange Scenario
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365236.aspx
If you have any question or concern on this thread, please feel free let me
know.
I hope the information will give you some help.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Best regards,
Terence Liu(MSFT)
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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