BranchCache - multiple domains and file permissions

I have been researching BranchCache and looking into its feasibility given my requirements and constraints.
I am considering replacing servers in branch offices with a single BranchCache server [per branch] in 'hosted' mode.
1. It has been suggested that each hosting server can only host files from content servers in the same domain as the caching/hosting server. Is this correct? For jurisdictional purposes, we have a 'shared, global' forest but also 'local, jurisdictional'
forests. Each branch needs to access data which resides in either/several/all of these forests.
2. A simpler but related question - how are file permissions adhered to? Are the NTFS perms simply included as metadata? How does the hosting server authorise the requesting client access to the file at the point of request? Does the content server provide
the authorisation instead and hence client and content server must be in the same domain?
I'm keen to pursue this technology further but suspect it has limitations which mean it is not feasible within my environment.
Thanks,
neil
Neil Ruston

Hi Neil -
I forwarded your questions to the BranchCache team, and this is their response:
"All of the entities in the BranchCache system can be on different domains and BranchCache will work just fine.  It’s ok to have content servers and hosted cache servers on different domains or on no domain at all.  The client and server
just need to be able to communicate to get BranchCache working.
"As far as permissions go, clients in the branch office need to be able to download hashes from the remote file/web server to use BranchCache.  The file or web server authenticates and authorizes the client using whatever means it would if BranchCache
were not in the picture.  Once the client is granted permission, it can retrieve the hashes and pull from the local cache.  Permissions are not embedded in the hashes.  Ownership of the hashes is all a client needs to download from the cache. 
Hashes are a substitute for content and are kept secure the same way content is."
Thanks -
James McIllece

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