VMS Help DCE, Overview and Contents of Kit  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP consists of the following four
  kits:

      - DCE Runtime Services Kit
      - DCE Application Development Kit
      - DCE CDS Server Kit
      - DCE Security Server Kit

  The right to use the Runtime Services Kit is included as part of the
  OpenVMS license. The other kits each require a separate license.

  You must install a kit on each system that will use DCE services.

1 - Runtime Services Kit

  The Runtime Services Kit provides the services necessary to execute
  and manage DCE applications.

  The Runtime Services Kit includes:

     - DCE Control Program (DCECP)

     - Authenticated CDS Advertiser and Client Support

     - CDS Browser

     - CDS Control Program (CDSCP)

     - Authenticated DCE RPC runtime support (supports DECnet, TCP,
       and UDP)

     - Security Client Support

     - A DCE_LOGIN tool for obtaining credentials.

     - A RGY_EDIT tool for registry maintenance functions

     - KINIT, KLIST, and KDESTROY Kerberos tools

     - Name Services Interface Daemon (nsid); also known as the PC
       Nameserver Proxy

     - Online help (OSF DCE reference manual pages)

2 - Application Development Kit

  The Application Development Kit provides the services and tools
  necessary to develop, execute, and manage DCE applications.

  The Application Development Kit includes:

     - The contents of the Runtime Services Kit

     - Required DCE application development header files

     - Interface Definition Language (IDL) compiler

     - DCE RPC event logging facility

     - UUID generator

     - Sample DCE applications

     - Language-Sensitive Editor (LSE) templates for the Interface
       Definition Language

     - .H (Include) files and .IDL files for application development

3 - CDS Server Kit

  The CDS Server Kit provides the naming services necessary for DCE
  clients to locate DCE server applications.

  The CDS Server kit includes the following:

     - CDS server (cdsd)

     - Global Directory Agent (gdad)

       The Global Directory Agent (GDA) lets you link multiple CDS
       namespaces using the Internet Domain Name System (DNS), X.500,
       or LDAP.

4 - Security Server Kit

  The Security Server Kit provides security services necessary for
  authenticated RPC calls between DCE client and server applications
  to function.

  The Security Server kit includes the following:

     - Security server (secd)

     - Tool used to create the security database (sec_create_db)

     - Tool used to move the security database (sec_salvage_db)

     - Security server administrative tool (sec_admin)