Samba

by Andrew Bartlett

Samba implements many things, but in this case we look at Samba as an Active Directory DC.

In that role, Samba now has a quite credible implementation of the required protocols, and so is deployed in education, government, large corporations and small businesses around the world.

By Andrew Bartlett

In Nov 2014 Microsoft released MS14-066 / KB2992611, fixing an issue some suggested was 'Microsoft's Heartbleed', in reference to the OpenSSL issues also found last year.  Not long after this Samba AD DC users began having issues creating new mail profiles.

By Andrew Bartlett

This is a tale of working closely with Microsoft on a security issue, the ethics, challenges and the collaborative relationship between engineers that we must have to resolve any serious security issue.