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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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    amun
    April 11, 2021

    I’m just hoping Sonos doesn’t just drop SMB sharing and make the whole problem go away. That would be the easy path, couple edits to the source code and push an update and POOF, no more SMB complaints.

    Perhaps sensible for those individuals bothered by this to lock their systems down tightly….

    Smilja
    Smilja
    April 11, 2021

    I’m just hoping Sonos doesn’t just drop SMB sharing and make the whole problem go away. That would be the easy path, couple edits to the source code and push an update and POOF, no more SMB complaints.

    Perhaps sensible for those individuals bothered by this to lock their systems down tightly….

     

    Remain on S1 and your system will be frozen, safe and sound.

    »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)
    amun
    April 11, 2021

    I’m just hoping Sonos doesn’t just drop SMB sharing and make the whole problem go away. That would be the easy path, couple edits to the source code and push an update and POOF, no more SMB complaints.

    Perhaps sensible for those individuals bothered by this to lock their systems down tightly….

     

    Remain on S1 and your system will be frozen, safe and sound.

    Not necessarily…. Who knows what controller kit Sonos will force to ‘retire’ next by stopping supporting it? Better to stay in control - lock off now and only update if you’ve carried out a risk assessment ;-)

    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    April 11, 2021

    If Sonos did drop SMB v1 for security reasons I can’t see any way they wouldn’t do it for both S1 and S2 systems.

    If they would publish the HTTP information I’d be busy getting a Raspberry Pi version up and running. Both as a server and as a gateway to a NAS running other protocols.

    Rob Williams_1
    Contributor II
    April 14, 2021

    @Stanley_4 does this look like a good Pi to make the gateway from?: https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Premium-Clear-Supply/dp/B07BC7BMHY/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=raspberry+pi+ethernet&qid=1618442462&s=electronics&sr=1-3

    Dave_O
    Avid Contributor I
    May 29, 2021

    Support for SMB1 is removed from Synology DSM 7. Many folks might update their NAS, only to find Sonos can no longer connect. SMB1 is being removed from lots of platforms due to security issues, and with all the hacks / ransomware out there, it will stay removed. We need a clear ETA for Sonos to support SMB2 / SMB3.

      Stanley_4
      Stanley_4
      Grand Maestro
      May 29, 2021

      Don’t hold your breath, that was first asked for back in the 2006 time-frame.

      Work around it with a dedicated to Sonos SMB v1 NAS or a NAS (any protocol) to Sonos gateway and be done with waiting for Sonos to make the major changes required.

      My Live Journal How-To: https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/

        RonKiesler
        Lyricist II
        June 6, 2021

        Hey, please switch to secure SMB and NTLM Versions. After upgrade of Synology DSM 7 and NTLMv1 is not activated anymore, I have no access to my music library. I use it many times for the kids. So please switch to a proper and secure protocol. Thank you very much.

         

        Best Regards,

        Ronald

        This is the error message on synology if I try to connect via SONOS app to my shared music library.

         

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          June 6, 2021

          While you’re at it, please provide the extra memory needed to update the Linux kernel on all older product, so that it can manage the updated kernel that is able to handle newer versions of SMB. I assume sending someone to my house with the chips necessary, with the capability of opening each speaker and replacing the memory chips should be simple, correct?

          Bruce
          RonKiesler
          Lyricist II
          June 6, 2021

          Are you telling me that if I swap all my Sonos speakers for current Sonos speakers that NTLMv2 will then work and currently only the fallback to NTMLv1 is performed by the Sonos speakers because there are a few older Play:1 speakers hanging in the system? If that's the case, I'll swap for the Play:One tomorrow. All other speakers (Play5:Gen2, Move, Roam, etc.) should then be NTLMv2 compatible, as there are certainly enough large memory chips in them to process the little Linux kernel.

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