this module deals with announcements: the sending of announcement requests
and the sending of announcements either to refresh other servers' records
or as a response to announcement requests.


/*************************************************************************
  announce_master()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for announcing samba as a master browser
to all known primary domain controllers.

this announcement is sent out at CHECK_TIME_MST_ANNOUNCE minute
intervals, only if samba is a master browser on one or more of
its local interfaces.

if no domain controller has been specified (lp_domain_controller())
samba goes through its list of servers looking for primary domain
controllers. when it finds one (other than itself) it will either
initiate a NAME_QUERY_PDC_SRV_CHK by broadcast or with a WINS
server. this will result in a NAME_STATUS_PDC_SRV_CHK, which
will result in a sync browse list and an announcement
ANN_MasterAnnounce being sent (see sync_server()).

if a domain controller has been specified, samba will search for
a primary domain controller for its workgroup (either by directed
packet or by broadcast if it cannot resolve the domain controller
name using DNS), which results in the same action as listed above.


/*************************************************************************
  announce_host()
  *************************************************************************/

this complex-looking function is responsible for announcing samba's
existence to other servers by broadcast. the actual announcement
is carried out by announce_server().

the time period between samba's announcement will stretch from one
minute to twelve minutes by one minute. if samba has received an
announce request from a master browser, then it should answer at
any random interval between zero and thirty seconds after the
request is received. this is to ensure that the master browser
does not get overloaded with responses!


/*************************************************************************
  announce_server()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for sending announcement packets.
these packets are received by other servers, which will then
update their records accordingly: what services we have, our
name, our comment field and our time to live (to name a few).

if we are a master browser, then using do_announce_host() we
must send an announcement notifying members of that workgroup
that we are their master browser, and another announcement
indicating to all backup browsers and master browsers that
we are a master browser.

(note: if another master browser receives this announcement
and thinks that it is also the master browser for this
workgroup, it stops being a master browser and forces an
election).

if we are not a master browser, then we send an announcement
notifying the master browser that we are a member of its
workgroup.


/*************************************************************************
  remove_my_servers()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for informing other servers that
samba is about to go down. it announces, on all subnets, that
samba's time to live is zero and that it has no services.


/*************************************************************************
  do_announce_host()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for sending out an announcement
MAILSLOT browse packet. it contains information such as the
time to live, name of the server, services that the server
offers etc.

the format of this MAILSLOT browse packet is described in
draft-heizer-cifs-v1-spec-00.txt 3.9.50.4.1 page 165-6.


/*************************************************************************
  announce_backup()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for getting master browsers and domain
controllers to send us lists of backup servers. this is done by
sending an ANN_GetBackupListReq browse mailslot.

the master browser, or primary domain controller, should respond 
with an ANN_GetBackupListResp browse mailslot containing the list
of backup servers.


/*************************************************************************
  sync_server()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for initiating a sync browse list
sequence and, if necessary, carrying out an ANN_MasterAnnouncement
to the primary domain controller (that we are also sync'ing
browse lists with).

see nameservresp.c:response_name_status_check().


/*************************************************************************
  announce_request()
  *************************************************************************/

this function is responsible for sending an announcement request to
another server. this server should respond with an announcement.

if the announce request is sent to WORKGROUP(0x1e) then members of
the workgroup will respond (with ANN_HostAnnounce packets)

if the announce request is sent to WORKGROUP(0x1d) then the master
browser of the workgroup should respond (ANN_LocalMasterAnnounce).
this is untested.

if the announce request is sent to ^1^2__MSBROWSE__^2(0x1) then
(and this is pure speculation), all backup browsers and master
browsers should respond with ANN_DomainAnnounce packets.
this is untested.