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Williams_Nest
Enthusiast I
June 14, 2019

SMB2 (or SMB3) support must be supported NOW!

  • June 14, 2019
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We are writing summer 2019 and still Sonos only supports SMB version 1 for the Music Library share.

This is not acceptable.

A file share running SMB1 is extremely vulnerable to all the variants of cryptolocker virus that exists today. File share servers (NAS, Windows, Apple OS) can only support one version of SMB - so you cannot from the same box have one file share (for Sonos) using SMB1 and the other file shares using SMB2 or SMB3. This way Sonos puts each and every file share at serious risc - just because they don’t update their file share protocol to comply with this century.

And for the record - the “solution” through PLEX is not a solution. Unstable at best.
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    Smilja
    Smilja
    December 18, 2020

     

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    [Update] (2020/12/18)
     

    If you insist on connecting in an insecure way, here is a special version which is compatible with NTLMv1. Once again, we strongly recommend that you report this issue to the manufacturer to support NTLMv2. For details, please see Security guidance for NTLMv1 and LM network authentication. and I cannot access shared folders via SMB from a Windows XP computer. What can I do?

    »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
    cap3344
    Chromatic Producer I
    December 18, 2020

    thanks… I may decide to just avoid it… trying to get another drive into one of my Windows boxes to host SONOS media… grrrr

    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    December 18, 2020

    My perennial suggestion why not a Raspberry Pi as a dedicated to Sonos SMB v1 file server or cheaper, set up as a NAS (any protocol) to SMB v1 gateway?

    SMB v1 sucks but getting away from it is not simple or easy for Sonos.

    How to Pi NAS / Gateway: Live Journal

    Anonymous
    December 26, 2020

    Today is a happy day!

     

    I have decided to no longer accept the SMB1 security risk or the Plex route. The Sonos equipment is sold, and I will NEVER return back to Sonos, remembering the financial loss I made.

    My new equipment (best choice in WhatHifi 2020 review) warns that in case the connection to the NAS does not work, I may have to switch to SMB2/3 !  Welcome to normal network technology, in stead of bringing one new device after another while bringing NAS users at risk.

     

    Bye bye Sonos and fellow Sonos owners! 

     

    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    December 26, 2020

    Today is a happy day!

     

    I have decided to no longer accept the SMB1 security risk or the Plex route. The Sonos equipment is sold, and I will NEVER return back to Sonos, remembering the financial loss I made.

    My new equipment (best choice in WhatHifi 2020 review) warns that in case the connection to the NAS does not work, I may have to switch to SMB2/3 !  Welcome to normal network technology, in stead of bringing one new device after another while bringing NAS users at risk.

    Bye bye Sonos and fellow Sonos owners!

     

    Oh ...and a ‘warm welcome’ to the user that purchased your Sonos devices.👍

     

      Henrik Helmers
      Contributor I
      December 28, 2020

      I am also affected. I understand that older hardware may be unable to support SMB2/3, but it is disturbing that SMB2/3 is not available in the Sonos ecosystem. Like others have mentioned, the S1/S2 split would have been a natural place to draw the line. Will be keeping an eye on developments in this area before investing further.

        Fergie20
        Avid Contributor I
        December 30, 2020

        I agree with the previous posters. Sonos needs to start thinking about security for its customers. If this isn’t fixed, I will be moving away from Sonos altogether. 
        This is a dealbreaker for me. 

          BeeGee
          Contributor I
          January 1, 2021
           

          S2 is not a new Operating System, it is a new user interface running on the same old, antique Linux Operating System.

          The OS Sonos is using is from the early 2000s If I recall correctly. you can check in their GPL section.

           

          If Sonos 2 is not an new OS then Sonos should stop stop saying it is.

          BeeGee
          Contributor I
          January 1, 2021

          The refusal by Sonos to declare where they stand on the SMB1/2/3 fiasco is appalling.

          The least they could do is tell us the official position even if it is that they are not going to implement a real solution then at least we know where we stand.

          It seems from what some users have found out that older Sonos 1 gear doesn’t have the memory to run SMB3, but why can’t Sonos spell this out clearly and advise if Sonos 2 gear does have adequate memory or is it simply not possible.

          I have been combing through this forum wasting too much time looking for an answer to no avail. All I see is wishy washy non answers from Sonos staff. Not good enough Sonos. Lift your game.

          Fergie20
          Avid Contributor I
          January 1, 2021

          I think Sonos will be in trouble if they don’t fix this. Once DSM 7.0 is released, all Synology owners are going to jump ship. Most everyone I know that uses Sonos has a library they pull from on their Synology NAS. 

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