Götz, StefanWehrle, KlausMüller, PaulGotzhein, ReinhardSchmitt, Jens B.2019-10-112019-10-1120053-88579-390-3https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/28414Although file and printer sharing services have been deployed almost ubiquitously for a long time as part of Microsoft Windows, only recent peer-to-peer applications popularized file-sharing on a global scale. As the Windows CIFS protocol was designed for local area networks, its use has been confined to relatively small environments. We propose a mechanism to set up spontaneous virtual groups that allow to use legacy Windows file and printer sharing globally in virtual LANs.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468