Why the Microsoft SMB protocol is evil
The Microsoft SMB protocol is evil because it cannot operate over a WAN connection for shit. The design cripples itself in this under this condition. So, while ftp and http traffic are flying, smb forces many applications to essentially fail over highspeed WAN connections, like a T1 VPN between two offices.
SMB v2 is due out in Windows Vista. I hear the finally fixed the protocol to work over WAN’s….after 8+ years knowing about the bugs of the first version. Awesome. Maybe they’ll fix webdav in Vista too…right.