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Table of Contents
- Version Identification
- DCE/3000 Components and Files
- Domestic and International Version
This version of DCE/3000 (version A.01.02) is based on OSF DCE version 1.0.2
source code. It provides the following OSF components for the core services:
Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) — supports the
development of distributed applications by making requests to
remotely networked machines as if they were local. RPCs also
implement network protocols used by clients and servers to
communicate with each other.
Kernel Threads — supports the interfaces defined in
Draft 4 of the POSIX 1003.4a specification, with some exceptions as
stated in this document.
Cell Directory Service (CDS) — manages a database of
information about the resources in a group of machines called a DCE
cell. The database consists of the names of resources and associated
attributes.
Distributed Time Service (DTS) — provides
synchronized time for the computers in a DCE cell.
DCE Security — provides secure communications through
the use of services such as authentication, which guarantees the
identity of users, and authorization, which keeps track of user
privileges.
In the DCE/3000 version A.01.12, the DCE application library is provided as
both an archive library (libdce.a) and an executable library
(DCEXL.HPDCE.SYS). The concept of an executable library is like the
shared library on HP-UX. If you use the archive library, each application
binary will contain its own copy of the DCE routines that it calls
directly or indirectly. If you use shared library, all DCE applications
can share the single copy of the DCEXL on a system.
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