Remember SMB 3
Full name: Server Message Block version 3
Memory aid: SMB Three adds stronger sharing capabilities.
Encryption and other features depend on negotiated dialect, configuration, and endpoint support.
Study area: Protocols & logical ports · Batch 9
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Network+ N10-009 · Cisco CCNA 200-301
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SMB 3 — Server Message Block version 3
Adds modern SMB capabilities including supported encryption and availability features.
Why learn SMB 3 — Server Message Block version 3?
Adds modern SMB capabilities including supported encryption and availability features.
Where it came from
Encryption and other features depend on negotiated dialect, configuration, and endpoint support.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): SMB Three adds stronger sharing capabilities.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand SMB 3: Server Message Block version 3.
- Recall this memory aid: SMB Three adds stronger sharing capabilities.
- Explain the practical use: Adds modern SMB capabilities including supported encryption and availability features.
- Explain this distinction: Encryption and other features depend on negotiated dialect, configuration, and endpoint support.
- Identify SMB 3 in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Microsoft Server Message Block overview (learn.microsoft.com)