Practical DCE ProgrammingThe Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), from the Open Software Foundation (OSF), will be the predominant middleware for developing distributed applications in the foreseeable future. But the DCE application programming interface (API) is complex and a barrier to its adoption. This book provides guidelines and tools to lessen the complexity of using the DCE, and to permit it to be used from other programming languages, such as COBOL. Covers the new facilities in the OSF DCE 1.1 Release that eases the development and management of application servers, the management of network communications, the location of resources, and the enforcement of security. |
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address space allocated application array attribute authentication big-endian binding handle cache call thread call_status cell Chapter char CHECK_DCE status client and server client stub client-server Code Sample context handle data structure data type database DCE RPC DCE Security dcecp default defined dg protocol encrypted Endpoint Map error_status_t example execute Figure global variables handle_t header file HP-UX idempotent IDL compiler IDL file input parameters Kerberos loc_p local procedure calls login context long int mutex ncacn_ip_tcp ncadg_ip_udp NULL object operation output parameters Output Sample p(ins password ping pointer principal protocol sequences recvfrom remote call remote procedure call room client room interface room server room_description room_events room_name room_server routine RPC Runtime sch_room_name_t sch_room_t sch_status_t sendto server entry server stub session key setup shown in Code specified stub procedure ticket time_t timeout typedef Unix unsigned_char_p_t UUID void