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Byte order

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The SMB protocol uses little-endian words for UCS2. The MSRPC protocol works on a recipient-makes-right system, with a flag to indicate the byte order.

When implementing a SMB server you really have 3 choices:

Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. I haven't yet heard a really convincing argument as to which one is best.

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