Yep I know 
The simple answer is probably to use NFS for my style of use. On the other hand if I built my own nas I would like to base it round an Atom board and the load running both CIFS and NFS might be too much. Itâs the cost of the atom board that concerns me if I just assume that a normal samba server in a nas will function in the way I am currently using the d-link one. I suppose I will have to find out when my current desktop is replaced but had hoped that some one had already looked at the aspect that concerns me - just using cifs directly from a linux pc to a nas with a normal samba server. Security is more than adequate for my needs in much the same way as pointed out by some one else in another thread. Actually itâs very secure.
The code snippet is from 11.4 by the way. It seems that they (samba people) may have relented/changed things on 12.3. I bug reported it and even opened it again after some one closed it and eventually obtained an answer to why it had been done. Security audits take time and are difficult to do so the simple answer is to remove the concern even though there didnât seem to be any direct proof of any problems. Iâve just loaded my new machine with 12.3 so will be looking at the current cifs code soon before I close this one down.