Removal or updating of "mount_smbfs" from FreeBSD operating system

[Baptiste Daroussin]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 06:57:32PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> Gerard Seibert wrote on 2018/11/26 18:19:
> > TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
> > 
> > The “SMBv1” protocol is a security hazard and was depreciated by Microsoft in
> > 2014. There is virtually no use for it anymore.
> > 
> > The “mount_smbfs” utility in FreeBSD only uses that protocol, which results
> > in making it useless with newer versions of Microsoft’s operating systems, as
> > well as other OS’s that have depreciated the use of SMBv1.
> > 
> > I would like to suggest that FreeBSD do one of the following:
> > 
> > 1) Remove “mount_smbfs” from FreeBSD. This would probably be in versions 12.1
> > or 13. It is perhaps too late to get into FreeBSD 12.
> > 
> > 2) Update “mount_smbfs” so that it is compatible with versions SMBv3 and
> > greater. While "SMBv2" is not dead, it is definitely comatose. This would be a
> > better idea if someone had the time to do it.
> > 
> > Thank you for taking the time to read this suggestion.
> 
> Is there any working (production ready) alternative in ports tree?
> We are in heterogenous environment and some of our servers have more than 10
> SMB shares mounted by mount_smbfs.
> 

There are some fuse based alternative yes: fusefs-smbnetfs

Best regards,
Bapt
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