On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 7:41 PM Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am all for removing the 311 config option. > > The wording in Kconfig though : > + The SMB3 (and now SMB3.11) protocol is supported by most modern > > Do we really need to call out specific smb3 dialects explicitly here? > It sounds like something we will need to keep changing as new dialects come out. > > Can't we just refer to SMB3 and assume that 311 is part of that? > > I.e. > + The SMB3 protocol is supported by most modern That is an interesting question - SMB3.1.1 is extensible (ie negotiate and tree connect contexts) so in theory it shouldn't be required to add a new dialect every few years anymore, but my bigger reason for this is to **strongly** emphasize SMB3.1.1 due to some VERY useful security features in it (and eventually for the ability to do POSIX extensions to Samba etc.). Many people probably don't know the advantages of SMB3.1.1 and I wanted to hammer that point home in this era when everyone seems to be worried about CIFS security holes and forgetting the excellent work that was done on SMB3.1.1 (even beyond what was in SMB3). -- Thanks, Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
