2.5.4.4.4.1 Actors
The actors and their associated interests are as follows:
User: The user's interest is to use the application to read files on a content server.
Application: The application's interest is to consume file reading services via the content client.
Content client: The content client's interest is to use client-side protocol components and to consume the file services that are offered by the content server.
Content server: The content server's interest is to provide and maintain a secure and consistent File Service, as described in [MS-FASOD], and to provide content metadata by using the SMB 2.1 or 3.x protocol as transport [MS-SMB2].
Distributed cache peers: A distributed cache peer's interest is to respond to broadcasts for cached content and to deliver the cached content.