Paket: wsdd (2:0.7.0-1)

Python Web Services Discovery Daemon, Windows Net Browsing

This daemon is used to announce Linux Hosts to Windows 7+ computers for use in their File Manager network browsing, by using the Windows Services Discovery Protocol.

This protocol is a local network segment procotol, which is multicasted on udp/3072, and incoming on tcp/5357 on the 239.255.255.250/ff02::c multicast addresses. It DOES have security issues, but it is designed for use in a trusted environment inside a firewall.

Its quite useful for Samba, taking over from WINS and the Samba nmbd daemon. Installing this restores the Network browsing functionality to Windows 7+ Samba clients.