[Samba] Windows 7 & 8 + HomeGroup support

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 01:17:10PM -0700, Christ Schlacta wrote:
> My understanding was that it was purely a new authentication method
> on top of existing CIFS/AD protocols.

Hmmmm.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/E/95EF66AF-9026-4BB0-A41D-A4F81802D92C/[MS-HGRP].pdf

Looks like a web service, that then might use SMB/CIFS underneath.

> Either way, I believe home-group integration is important, and samba
> is where it belongs.

Get me a wireshark trace of homegroup sharing and we'll see
(yes I know I could do it, but I'm busy with Samba4.0.0 work
right now :-).

Jemy.