Please be aware that this past Tuesday Microsoft pushed out a Security Fix for the Microsoft SMB Redirector for all versions of Windows back to XP and Server 2003. This hot fix, MS11-043, patches a critical vulnerability in the SMB Redirector that can result in Remote Code Execution. As a result I cannot recommend that this hot fix not be applied. MS11-043 replaces MS11-019 and MS10-020.
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-043.mspx MS11-043 when applied will break the OpenAFS Client. The SMB protocol responses issued by the OpenAFS SMB server implementation do not pass the validation checks now imposed by the Microsoft SMB redirector. At this time I have no knowledge of what changes were made to the Microsoft SMB redirector and in what manner the OpenAFS SMB Server responses are invalid. The OpenAFS IFS implementation is not quite ready for broad production use but it may be the only option available to the community at this time. Further information to follow on a possible rushed release cycle for the IFS functionality to the general public in its current state. Jeffrey Altman
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