Does TeamViewer use SMB? If so which version(s)? The concern came up as a result of on going activities to remove all software with vulnerable versions of SMB and I need to convince IT that TeamViewer is ok.
Thanks in advance.
Hi @dhalstead, hi @Chiron,
TeamViewer indeed does not use SMB1 but uses a proprietary protocol for all connections.
Regardless of whether or not, our users decide to use SMB1, TeamViewer is not depending on that and will run.
I hope, that helps.
All the best, Esther
I have noticed a strange occurrence with SMB File Sharing stopping on a MacOS MOJAVE Server/Share just after I disconnect from Teamviewer:
Here are the related system and software spec's: [below]
Any idea why this happens and how we can avoid this issue?
Thanks.
Thank you for the confirmation. That's the answer I was looking for.
Sounds like they want to stop using SMB1 for security reasons. If SMB1 is disabled and an application requires it, the app won't work. As far as I know, applications can't restart SMB1 and Microsoft is keeping a running list of programs that use SMB1. TeamViewer is not on this list and I haven't had any issues on any "non-SMB1-computers".
That being said, I have no idea what protocol is used by TeamViewer for file transfer. Maybe @Esther could verify this? She gave a great answer to a security question earlier.
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