Samba
Samba provides Window Integration services
Burning Samba with perf and FlameGraph
23 September 2016by 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.
The BackupKey Saga: Samba triage and development on a deadline
26 August 2015By 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.
Samba and Windows, and a tale of mutual insecurity
26 August 2015By 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.