Windows CIFS File Sharing
File sharing on Windows is based on the security model of the computer that is sharing the files. If the host is not a member of a domain, then security is based on the local users and groups defined in the registry. If the host is a member of a domain or is a domain controller, users and groups are defined in the Active Directory. In either case, connecting to a shared file system requires knowledge of a name and password. Windows has three authentication models. The first is the old LAN Manager mechanism in which the password is simple and is used to encrypt a nonce (a random number generated by the server) sent by the server. Since the client and server are the only ones that have knowledge of the hashed password, ...
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