Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to invest in Samba improvements

Germany's SovereignTech Fund (STF) has agreed to invest 688,800to improve the security, stability, and functionality of Samba. The investment will takeplace over three years and will be managed by SerNet, a company thatemploys several Samba core developers and offers support forSamba. According to its announcement,work has already begun and is expected to complete in 2026:

The project's focus is on areas like transparent failover, SMB3 UNIXextensions, and modern security protocols such as SMB over QUIC. Theseimprovements are designed to ensure that Samba remains a robust andsecure solution for organizations that rely on a sovereign ITinfrastructure that is as independent as possible of proprietarysoftware regimes, but including optimal interoperability.