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Samba gets Microsoft code contribution

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– November 3, 2011Posted in: News, Submitted

On 10 October 2011, a Microsoft developer contributed a GPL licensed patch to the Samba project. The patch, which was part of a proof of concept for extended protection for NTLM and presented by Stephen A. Zarko of Microsoft’s Open Source Technology Center, has now been noted as the passing of a milestone by Chris Hertel of the Samba team. Samba provides tools and servers which enable interoperability with Windows’ SMB and CIFS networking on Linux and Unix based systems. Complete Story

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Tags: linux, microsoft, microsoft code, Microsoft Windows, NTLM, open source technology, OpenSource, Samba, samba project, samba team, Server Message Block, technology center, Unix

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