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to: LEE ARONER
from: MIKE BILOW
date: 1997-11-14 17:58:00
subject: IBM name services?

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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