窗口7 `HomeGroup』：長角牛`城堡的重生』？

一半每十年在它最初的構想，窗口Codename長角牛以後仍然被證明是想法的一個巨大來源。 One of which known as “Castle”, appears to have been revived to be a feature of Windows 7 作為「HomeGroup」。

我們知道什麼工作小組是-一個同輩對同輩計算機網絡的微軟的實施為了窗口能分享文件，打印機和其他資源。如此HomeGroups是什麼？

奧秘非常長期沒有持續，因為某人是足够親切的指向我確切地描述的一些很好年邁的讀物什麼城堡是和同一個人要求什麼HomeGroups將成為。

我參考的本文是 窗口「長角牛」前發布保密性聲明 (被主持的Microsoft.com)，出版2003年10月24日為那些您合作。這是給用戶的一個法律文件前發布長角牛的版本當時在長角牛所有網絡有關的特點數據收集和用途實踐的概述。城堡偶然是他們中的一個。

它寫，我引述并且突出，

城堡

什麼這個特點：
「城堡」特點允許用戶有領域的網絡功能包括漫遊的用戶概況，機器信任并且有a 一致的用戶身分在網絡中。主要區別與城堡是用戶不必須設定一個熱忱的機器, such as a domain controller, to maintain the trust and identity relationship. It also makes it easy to share and access files on those computers. 每臺計算機在相同子網可能發現和加入一座現有的城堡。或者，用戶能創造城堡。要加入一座現有的城堡，您必須已經知道城堡的管理員帳戶零件的註冊證件。仅非空白的密碼可能同意進入。這幫助保證仅授權計算機加入城堡(為管理員帳戶高度推薦對強的密碼的用途)。當計算機加入城堡，帳戶在那臺計算機在城堡將增加到帳戶名單容易接近從所有計算機。使用物精確的數據(即。他們的密碼、存取權和特選)在每臺計算機在sync在城堡將被複製并且被保留。另外，最近被加入的計算機將繼承并且尊敬所有政策從城堡。

收集的信息，被處理或者被傳送的：
要幫助獨立計算機發現可利用的城堡在子網，機器在城堡送廣播包含城堡的名字的一個烽火臺。注意，如果您與其他人分享子網(即。 your neighbor when using a cable modem without a hardware router/firewall) they may be able to see the name of your castles. In this case only choose castle names you are comfortable sharing with others. When joining a castle, the credentials you enter will be sent using security technology (NTLM) to other computers in the castle.

Use of the Information:
Broadcasting the name of each castle makes it easy to discover what castles are available on the subnet. When joining a castle, the credentials help ensure only authorized computers join the castle.

Choice/Control:
The user must initiate joining a castle using the user interface provided. Whether the user’s computer is able to join a castle depends on whether an administrator of a computer already part of the castle has provided the user with the appropriate credentials. When a castle is formed, a beacon containing the castle name will be broadcast. In this release there is no easy way to disable the beacon. A mechanism to disable the beacon will be added in a future release.

Important Information:
The Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) is enabled by default in this software. Therefore, if you create a Castle, it will send out the beacon, but because ICF is enabled, other computers running this software that have the firewall enabled won’t see the beacon.

If HomeGroup is indeed Castle byte for byte, then what it is basically is the equivalent of an enterprise-grade Active Directory roaming-profile network setup simplified into a wizard dialog with a password field and checkboxes. If it’s not, well, that would be a shame.

From what I understand, Castle was intended to supersede Workgroups which could translate into HomeGroups eventually replacing Workgroups in Windows 7 as well. I think a move most people who’s ever been puzzled by home networking would welcome.