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  2. From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.client-server
  4. Subject: Re: DCE/DME what is it.
  5. Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:57:47 GMT
  6. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  10. References: <1429@pivot-sts.sbi.com>
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  13. In article <1429@pivot-sts.sbi.com>, ken@comanche.sbi.com (Ken Jones - Consultant) writes:
  14. |> What is DCE and DME?
  15.  
  16. DCE == "Distributed Computing Environment"
  17. DME == "Distributed Management Environment"
  18.  
  19. DCE is the low-level support for distributed computing, including RPC support
  20. and authentication (using Kerberos V5).
  21.  
  22. DME, which is built on top of DCE, provides management functions, such as
  23. network management and user account management.  It's biggest component,
  24. I think, is the Tivoli/Works object-oriented management environment.
  25.  
  26. |> I heard that OSF had come up with some standards
  27. |> for distributed computing. Are these the names for them?
  28.  
  29. Yes.
  30.  
  31. |> Does DCE/DME
  32. |> include an XDR like portion?
  33.  
  34. Yes.
  35.  
  36. -- 
  37. Jonathan Kamens                                         jik@MIT.Edu
  38. Aktis, Inc.                                    Moderator, *.answers
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