米Microsoftは4月19日（現地時間）、Windows環境における「SMB 1.0」のサポート廃止が最終段階に入ったと発表した。互換性維持のため「SMB 1.0」が唯一残っていた「Home」エディションでも、既定で無効化される。 「SMB」（Server Message Block）は、Windowsのファイル ...

Windows上に擬似的なUNIX環境を構築する互換レイヤー「Cygwin」の最新版「Cygwin 3.6」（cygwin 3.6.0-1）が、3月18日にリリースされた。 本バージョンでは最新のWindowsバージョンで「SMB 1.0」が最終的に廃止され、既定ではインストールされなくなったことをうけ ...

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