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If you have the IFS kit, you can build a copy of the FAT File system and
debug the problem yourself.
<<<
What’s the availability of the IFS kit these days ? I thought it used by
cost many thousands of $$$ and you got basically one header file…
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What does the IFS Kit includes ?
A. Roth
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Exactly:
two header files (NTIFS.H and NTNLS.H, secons has only few KBs in size)
FASTFAT sources
CDFS sources
sources to two filters (TFilter and SFilter)
and sources to some example redirector
I think the header itself without sources is mostly unusable because if
you want to write correct FSD you must study some already existing one.
Also to write FSD filter it is neccessary to look deeply into some FSD
to
know what you are really filtering.
Trust me, I’ve written FSD filter and without mostly Fastfat sources it
will be much more painful to complete it. FSDs under NT are relly most
sophisticated (and also most treacherous) components of system.
But I agree with you the price $1000 for such a little kit is something
really crazy and unforgivable (and also restrictive, which is probably
the reason).
But this is Microsoft’s rule and even if you want you can’t do anything
with this.
Paul
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It has documentation now! Not comprehensive, but useful none the
less (its more a reference than a conceptual treatise of file system
development). It also has the source code for FastFat, CDFS, a couple
filter drivers, and a redirector. My company bought an IFS kit last year
for about $1000.00 u.s.
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What does the IFS Kit includes ?
A. Roth
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Thankfully those days are behind us…!
It’s now $995 + shipping and taxes. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/IFSkit/order-faq.htm.)
Currently the IFS Kit comes with complete source code for 3 real-world
file systems, 2 sample filter drivers, and documentation. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/DDK/IFSkit/whitepaper.htm#contents.)
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and
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Its internationally (ish ™) available, and its not many thousands of
dollars.
Its rouhgly 1 thousands 
of $$$s.
from http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/IFSkit/order.htm
“The IFS License, which includes one (1) kit, is $995.00 plus shipping and
handling”
The latest one comes with some documentation, and some new samples. (e.g.
FileSpy).
Older samples have bug fixes, or (e.g. tfilter) have been removed.
Essentially though (from my perspective when writing a FS filter) it is just
ntifs.h.
The ifskit source in combination with the help on this list were the most
helpful.
Rob Linegar
Software Engineer
Data Encryption Systems Limited
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Subject: [ntfsd] IFS kit>>>
If you have the IFS kit, you can build a copy of the FAT
File system and
debug the problem yourself.
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RE: [ntfsd] IFS kitEither you are looking at the NT 4.0 version, or you haven’t kept
up with the upgrades. There is a lot more in the kit now, including
some documentation. Considering that until recently Microsoft
charged $495 for the DDK (since you had to get the professional
MSDN), the price of the IFS is not bad, now that they are actually
making it a product.
Don Burn
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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: [ntfsd] RE: IFS kit
Exactly:
two header files (NTIFS.H and NTNLS.H, secons has only few KBs in size)
FASTFAT sources
CDFS sources
sources to two filters (TFilter and SFilter)
and sources to some example redirector
I think the header itself without sources is mostly unusable because if
you want to write correct FSD you must study some already existing one.
Also to write FSD filter it is neccessary to look deeply into some FSD to
know what you are really filtering.
Trust me, I’ve written FSD filter and without mostly Fastfat sources it
will be much more painful to complete it. FSDs under NT are relly most
sophisticated (and also most treacherous) components of system.
But I agree with you the price $1000 for such a little kit is something
really crazy and unforgivable (and also restrictive, which is probably the reason).
But this is Microsoft’s rule and even if you want you can’t do anything with this.
Paul
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Correction to my earlier posting:
Currently the IFS Kit comes with complete source code for 2 (not 3)
real-world file systems, 1 sample network redirector, 2 sample filter
drivers, and documentation.
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From: Diane Olsen
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:38 AM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] RE: IFS kit
Thankfully those days are behind us…!
It’s now $995 + shipping and taxes. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/IFSkit/order-faq.htm.)
Currently the IFS Kit comes with complete source code for 3 real-world
file systems, 2 sample filter drivers, and documentation. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/DDK/IFSkit/whitepaper.htm#contents.)
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