Sharing resources on a network include, for example, a domain controller hierarchy scheme, which is used in some implementations to organize and share both secure and non-secure resources in an efficient manner. Using authentication information can be used to architect a trustworthy system to divulging sensitive client data (such as user/computer passwords) to a host system. The sensitive client data can be released to the host system when a client establishes a relationship having a degree of trust with the host.