SMB or WebDAV protocol?

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user9051123 picture user9051123 · Dec 4, 2017 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

I am trying to understand the differences between WebDAV and SMB. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both and is there any rule of thumb when to implement which of the two.

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