Hi Douglas,

They are parallel implementations of the same functionality. Essentially 
separate source, but same design. Hope that helps.

Regards,
Kristian Smith
Escalation Engineer | Microsoft(r) Corporation
Email: [email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Bagnall <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 4:52 PM
To: Kristian Smith <[email protected]>
Cc: Microsoft Support <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] is MS-DRSR 4.1.10.5.21 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 the 
same as MS-WUSP 2.1.1.1 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 ? - 
TrackingID#2512240040003184

hi Kristian,

I am still interested to know whether they are exactly the same or not.

thanks
Douglas


On 14/01/2026 13:38, Kristian Smith wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> I reached out to the engineering team and we determined that the 
> discrepancies are in MS-DRSR. MS-DRSR should reflect " a match length of up 
> to 65,535 bytes + 3 bytes" as well as " This scheme is good for lengths of up 
> to 279". I've submitted a bug against the document and you should see this 
> updated in a future document release.
>
> Thank you for helping us keep the docs up to date. Please let me know if you 
> have any further questions.
>
> Regards,
> Kristian Smith
> Escalation Engineer | Microsoft(r) Corporation
> Email: [email protected]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Jebo <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 8:57 AM
> To: Douglas Bagnall <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]
> Cc: Interoperability Documentation Help <[email protected]>; Microsoft 
> Support <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] is MS-DRSR 4.1.10.5.21 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 the 
> same as MS-WUSP 2.1.1.1 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 ? - 
> TrackingID#2512240040003184
>
> [dochelp to cc]
> [support mail to cc]
>
> Hi Douglas,
>
> Thanks for your request regarding MS-DRSR 4.1.10.5.21 and MS-WUSP 2.1.1.1. 
> One of the Open Specifications team members will respond to assist you. In 
> the meantime, we've created case 2512240040003184 to track this request. 
> Please leave the case number in the subject when communicating with our team 
> about this request.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom Jebo
> Microsoft Open Specifications Support
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Bagnall <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 3:40 PM
> To: Interoperability Documentation Help <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected]
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] is MS-DRSR 4.1.10.5.21 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 the 
> same as MS-WUSP 2.1.1.1 CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 ?
>
> hi Dochelp.
>
> The MS-DRSR and MS-WUSP definitions of CompressOrDecompressWin2k3 look very 
> similar.
> Are they really the same procedure?
>
> If they are in fact the same, my next question is which document is most 
> correct.
> I haven't looked closely, but I see these differences:
>
> MS-WUSP: This scheme is good for lengths of up to 279
> MS-DRSR: This scheme is good for lengths of up to 278
>
> MS-WUSP: a match length of up to 65,535 bytes + 3 bytes
> MS-DRSR: a match length of up to 32,768 bytes + 3 bytes
>
> Perhaps one has been updated and not the other?
>
>
> In November 2022[1] I asked if MS-XCA 2.3 and 2.4 "Plain LZ77" was the same 
> as the MS-DRSR procedure. The answer was "MS-DRSR uses a different API than 
> what MS-XCA uses", which I took to mean that even if it was initially 
> intended that they were the same, they could easily be accidentally 
> different. I guess my first question could be answered in the same way -- are 
> these using the same shared library function?
>
> [1] https://lists.samba.org/archive/cifs-protocol/2022-November/003902.html
>
> cheers,
> Douglas
>


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