LEE ARONER wrote in a message to JEFF DUNLOP:
LA> With the optional Directory And Security Server (DCE) package,
LA> Warp Server has true single log-on capability, and supports the
LA> OSF Distributed File System.
LA> With DSS, multiple DCE cells obtain Directory and Kerberos
LA> security services from a centralized DSS server, located
LA> anywhere on the WAN. DSS supports thousands of users.
Be aware that DSS is a framework for the implementation of DCE, and that IBM
regards DCE as vendor-independent above DSS. You can use IBM's DCE
implementation above OS/2 DSS, but DSS is not tied to IBM's DCE. I don't
know if anyone other than IBM implements DCE over OS/2 DSS.
LA> Without DSS, you have a single DCE cell with a designated
LA> Domain controller (and backups), similar to NT. User capacities
LA> are slightly higher than NT, except, of course, that Warp
LA> Server runs much faster on much less hardware.
:-)
-- Mike
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