Distributed Computing Environment
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Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Version 1.1
- Open Software Foundation (OSF, now The Open Group)
Architecture
Distributed Applications | ||||
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Security Service |
Distributed File System | Management | ||
Time Service |
Cell Directory Service |
Global Directory Service | ||
Remote Procedure Call (DCE-RPC) | ||||
Threads Service | ||||
Operating System and Transport Interfaces |
- Remote Procedure Call
- DEC/HP Network Computing System
- Threads Service
- Based on DEC Concert Multithread Architecture, POSIX 1003.4a
Products
- IBM Distributed Computing Environment 2.1
- IBM Directory and Security Server for OS/2 Warp (Jul 1996)
Standards
- ANSI.C, American National Standard X3.159-1989
- CCITT Blue Book, Fascicle VIII.4, International Telecommunications Union, 1988
- Information Processing - Programming Language C, ISO Draft International Standard DIS9899
Articles
- Mustering DCE Registry Objects with the Managed Object Class Library
- Strategies for Using the DCE Managed Object Class Library
- Enabling DCE Application Servers for System Management
Publications
- Ward Rosenberry; David Kenney; Gerry Fisher: Understanding DCE - O'Reilly 1992, ISBN 1-56592-005-8
- John Shirley: Guide to Writing DCE Applications - O'Reilly 1993, ISBN 1-56592-004-X
- Harold W. Lockhart: OSF DCE: Guide to Developing Distributed Applications - McGraw-Hill 1994, ISBN 0-07-911481-4
Links
- Research papers and presentations
- Alexander B. Schill; Markus U. Mock: DC++: distributed object-oriented I system support on top of OSF DCE] [1] - 1993 Distributed Systems Engineering. v1, 112 - A newer, better formatter version can be found here.
- Alexander B. Schill; Markus U. Mock: Case Study: Client/Server Approach versus Distributed Object-Oriented Computing on top of OSF DCE [2] - Journal of Computer Communications, Volume 18 Issue 7, July, 1995, Pages 512-518.