Introduction to OSF DCE

• Preface
  • Copyright Information

  • Overview

  • Purpose

  • Document Usage

  • Related Documents

  • Typographic and Keying Conventions

  • Problem Reporting

  • Path Names of Directories and Files in DCE Documentation

• Overview of DCE
  • DCE Overview

  • Why Distributed Computing?
    • Why Distributed Computing?

    • Why DCE?

    • Potential Users of DCE

  • Models of Distributed Computing
    • Models of Distributed Computing

    • The Client/Server Model

    • The Remote Procedure Call Model

    • The Data Sharing Model

    • The Distributed Object Model

  • Architectural Overview of DCE
    • Architectural Overview of DCE

    • Overview of DCE Technology Components

    • The DCE Cell

    • Integration of the DCE Technology Components

    • Relationship of DCE to Network and System Services
      • Relationship of DCE to Network and System Services

      • Network Services

      • Operating System Services

      • DCE Reference Implementation Dependencies

    • DCE Internationalization
      • DCE Internationalization

      • Ensuring Character and Code Set Interoperability

      • Preserving Character Data Integrity

      • Ensuring Easy Localization of User-Visible Messages

• DCE Configuration
  • Overview - DCE Configuration

  • Introduction to DCE Configuration

  • Basic Configuration Components

  • DCE Machine Configuration Examples
    • DCE Machine Configuration Examples

    • DCE User Machine Configuration

    • DCE Administrator Machine Configuration

    • DCE Server Machine Configuration

  • DCE Cell Configuration Examples
    • DCE Cell Configuration Examples

    • Simple DCE Cell

    • DCE Cell with DFS

    • Connected DCE Cell

• DCE Technology Components
  • Overview - DCE Technology Components

  • DCE Threads
    • DCE Threads

    • What is DCE Threads?

    • End User's Perspective

    • Programming with DCE Threads
      • Programming with DCE Threads

      • Threads Management

      • Threads Scheduling

      • Thread Communication and Synchronization

      • DCE Threads Exceptions

    • DCE Threads Administration
      • DCE Threads Administration

    • Additional Information on DCE Threads
      • Additional Information on DCE Threads

  • DCE Remote Procedure Call
    • DCE Remote Procedure Call

    • What Is DCE RPC?

    • End User's Perspective

    • Programming with DCE RPC
      • Programming with DCE RPC

      • The IDL File

      • The Client Side

      • The Server Side

      • Binding

      • The Endpoint Mapper Service of the DCE Host Daemon

    • DCE RPC Administration
      • DCE RPC Administration

    • How an RPC Call Works
      • How an RPC Call Works

    • System Independence
      • System Independence

    • Additional Information on DCE RPC
      • Additional Information on DCE RPC

  • DCE Directory Service
    • DCE Directory Service

    • DCE Directory Service Architecture
      • DCE Directory Service Architecture

      • Overview of Directory Service Components

      • The DCE Namespace

      • Viewpoints on the Directory Service

      • Related Services: Registration and Lookup Path

      • Specialized Naming Services

    • DCE Cell Directory Service
      • DCE Cell Directory Service

      • What Is CDS?

      • The CDS Database

      • Replication and Data Consistency in CDS

      • End User's Perspective

      • Programming with CDS

      • CDS Administration

      • Additional Information on CDS

    • DCE Global Directory Service
      • DCE Global Directory Service

      • What Is GDS?

      • GDS Configurations

      • The GDS Database

      • How GDS Works

      • GDS and Network Services

      • GDS Relation to Standards

      • Additional Information on GDS

    • DCE Global Directory Agent
      • DCE Global Directory Agent

      • What is GDA?

      • GDA and Other Directory Service Components

      • Additional Information on DCE GDA

    • The Directory Service Interfaces
      • The Directory Service Interfaces

      • The XOM Application Programming Interface

      • The XDS Interface

      • Additional Information on XDS and XOM

  • DCE Distributed Time Service
    • DCE Distributed Time Service

    • What Is DTS?
      • What Is DTS?

      • Time Clerk

      • Time Servers

      • DTS Application Programming Interface

      • Time Provider Interface

      • DTS Time Format

    • End User's Perspective
      • End User's Perspective

    • Programming with DTS
      • Programming with DTS

    • DTS Administration
      • DTS Administration

    • Interaction with the Network Time Protocol
      • Interaction with the Network Time Protocol

    • Additional Information on DTS
      • Additional Information on DTS

  • DCE Security Service
    • DCE Security Service

    • What Is the DCE Security Service?

    • How DCE Security Works

    • End User's Perspective

    • Programming with DCE Security
      • Programming with DCE Security

      • Authenticated RPC

      • Access Control Lists

    • DCE Security Service Administration
      • DCE Security Service Administration

    • DCE Security and Kerberos
      • DCE Security and Kerberos

    • Secure Remote Utilities
      • Secure Remote Utilities

    • The Generic Security Service API
      • The Generic Security Service API

    • The Public Key Certification API
      • The Public Key Certification API

    • Additional Information on DCE Security
      • Additional Information on DCE Security

  • DCE Distributed File Service
    • DCE Distributed File Service

    • What is DFS?
      • What is DFS?

      • DFS Data Organization

      • DFS Components

      • Features of DCE DFS

    • DFS Configuration
      • DFS Configuration

    • End User's Perspective
      • End User's Perspective

    • Programming with DFS
      • Programming with DFS

    • DFS Administration
      • DFS Administration

    • Additional Information on DFS
      • Additional Information on DFS

  • DCE/File-Access
    • DCE/File-Access

    • What is DCE/File-Access?
      • What is DCE/File-Access?

      • The Client Utility

      • Gateway Software

      • The Agent Program

    • End User's Perspective
      • End User's Perspective

    • DCE/File-Access Administration
      • DCE/File-Access Administration

    • Additional Information on DCE/File-Access
      • Additional Information on DCE/File-Access

  • DCE Cross-Component Facilities
    • DCE Cross-Component Facilities

    • Host Services

    • Application Message Service

    • Serviceability

    • Backing Store Databases

  • The DCE Control Program (dcecp)
    • The DCE Control Program (dcecp)

  • Two DCE Application Examples
    • Two DCE Application Examples

    • The greet Application: An Implementation Using DCE RPC
      • The greet Application: An Implementation Using DCE RPC

      • Steps in Developing a DCE RPC Application

      • Installing and Running the greet Application

      • Makefile for the greet Application

    • The greet Application: An Implementation Using DCE DFS
      • The greet Application: An Implementation Using DCE DFS

• Integration of DCE Technology Components
  • Overview - Integration of DCE Technology Components

  • Integration Matrix

  • Integration by Technology Component

  • Implications of Mutual Dependencies

• Overview of DCE Documentation
  • Overview - DCE Documentation

  • DCE Documentation

  • Prentice-Hall Documents

  • Other Documents

  • Reading Paths
    • Reading Paths

    • High-Level Overview of DCE

    • End Users

    • Application Programmers
      • Application Programmers

      • System-Specific Applications

      • Portable Applications

    • System Administrators
      • System Administrators

    • DCE Developers
      • DCE Developers

    • DCE Implementers
      • DCE Implementers

• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • DCE Acronyms and Abbreviations

• Glossary
  • Glossary