Open Group RFCs

Last update: 18-May-1999

The following list details the status of the RFC's and their applicability to the current and planned DCE offerings.

When reading this list, please note that those items designated as ``provided'' or ``met'' in a particular DCE release do not necessarily provide or meet everything that is specified in the associated RFC. It is likely that there are variations between what is documented in the RFC and what was actually implemented. For full details, please refer to official DCE release documentation.

OpenGroup RFC Title, Description, Date Links
100.0 DCE AND FORTEZZA
January 1997
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99.0 MESSAGE QUEUING FOR DCE
March 1997
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98.0 CHALLENGES CONCERNING PUBLIC-KEY IN DCE
December 1996
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96.0 DFA: DISTRIBUTED FILE ACCESS MANAGER -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
April 1996
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95.0 DCE/NEXT: REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
August 1996
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94.1 A PRIVATE KEY STORAGE SERVER FOR DCE -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
November 1996
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93.0 DCE 1.2 SECURITY SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
February 1996
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92.0 DCE INTEROPERABILITY WITH KERBEROS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
January 1996
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91.0 USER-TO-USER AUTHENTICATION -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
January 1996
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90.0 PROPOSED SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR DCE DFS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
February 1996
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89.0 A BULK STATUS RPC FOR DFS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
89.0 December 1995
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88.0 A JUKEBOX BACKUP SUBSYSTEM FOR DFS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
December 1995
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87.0 DCE 1.2 GLOBAL GROUPS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
December 1995
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86.0 UNIFIED LOGIN WITH PLUGGABLE AUTHENTICATION MODULES (PAM)
Planned for CDE/Next.
October 1995
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85.0 IMPROVED PUBLIC KEY LOGIN PROTOCOLS FOR DCE
The DCE authentication protocol (see also RFC 68.2) is planned for 1.2.
October 1995
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84.0 DFS GATEWAY SUPPORT OF @SYS AND @HOST PER NFS CLIENT MAPPINGS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
July 1995
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83.0 DCE 1.2 REGISTRY SYNCHRONIZATION -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
No current OSF plans.
May 1995
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82.0 Not yet published. -
81.3  
DCE ASSIGNED VALUES
Registry for DCE protocols, etc., maintained by OSF.
81.3 December 1998
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81.2 DCE ASSIGNED VALUES
Registry for DCE protocols, etc., maintained by OSF.
81.2 July 1996
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80.1 DCE 1.2 CERTIFICATION API -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
80.1 December 1996
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80.0 DCE 1.2 CERTIFICATION API -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
80.0 January 1995
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79.0 PST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
Informational document about OSF.
February 1995
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78.0 EPISODE VNODE SYNCHRONIZATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
January 1996
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77.0 SUPPORTING MULTI-HOMED DFS SERVERS
Planned for DCE 1.2
January 1996
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76.0 MULTI-THREADING THE DFS REPLICATION SERVER
Planned for DCE 1.2.
May 1995
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75.0 EPISODE VM INTEGRATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
October 1995
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74.0 SERVER PREFERENCES IN DFS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
May 1995
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73.0 DFS TOKEN MANAGER REDESIGN
Planned for DCE 1.2.
October 1995
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72.0 Not yet published. -
71.0 IMPROVED SECURITY FOR SMART CARD USE IN DCE
No current OSF plans.
February 1995
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70.0 Not yet published. -
69.0 DCE 1.2 CDS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
November 1994
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68.4 DCE PUBLIC-KEY CERTIFICATE LOGIN -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
DRAFT 0.8
August 1998
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68.3 DCE 1.3 PUBLIC-KEY LOGIN -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.2.
January 1997
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68.2 DCE 1.2 PUBLIC-KEY LOGIN -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.2.
February 1996
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68.1 DCE 1.2 PUBLIC-KEY LOGIN -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.2.
February 1995
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68.0 DCE 1.2 PUBLIC-KEY LOGIN -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.2.
November 1994
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67.0 DCE EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Being considered for future DCE PST work.
January 1996
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66.0 DCE SNMP SUPPORT
Being considered for future DCE PST work.
January 1996
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65.0 Not yet published. -
64.0 SECURITY SIG STRATEGY DOCUMENT
Informational document.
October 1994
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63.3 DCE 1.2 CONTENTS OVERVIEW
Informational document about DCE 1.2 structure and contents.
October 1996
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62.0 Not yet published. -
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60.0 DCE IDL EXCEPTION ENHANCEMENTS -- A COMPARISON OF TWO MODELS
Informational.
April 1994
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59.0 KERBEROS AND TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
No current OSF plans.
March 1994
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58.0 EXTENSIONS TO DCE IDL FOR SUPPORT OF OBJECT-ORIENTATION
No current OSF plans.
February 1994
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57.1 DCE SMART CARD INTEGRATION
No current OSF plans.
March 1994
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57.0 SMART CARD INTRODUCTION
Informational.
March 1994
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56.0 INTEROPERABILITY PARTNERS PROGRAM -- OVERVIEW
Obsolete informational document.
January 1994
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55.0 ADDING GROUP OVERRIDE SUPPORT TO DCE SECURITY
Provided in DCE 1.1.
February 1994
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54.0 Not yet published. -
53.0 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING WITH DCE
No current OSF plans.
January 1994
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52.0 Not yet published. -
51.3 DFS CHANGES TO SUPPORT A SCALAR 64-BIT TYPE
Planned for DCE 1.2.
August 1996
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51.2 DFS SOURCE CODE CLEANUP TO SUPPORT BOTH 32-BIT AND 64-BIT ARCHITECTURES
Partially planned for DCE 1.2.
June 1995
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51.1 DFS SOURCE CODE CLEANUP TO SUPPORT BOTH 32-BIT AND 64-BIT ARCHITECTURES
Partially planned for DCE 1.2.
February 1994
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51.0 DFS INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES FOR 32-BIT AND 64-BIT ARCHITECTURES
Might be addressed (RFC 51.1) in DCE 1.2.
November 1993
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50.0 Not yet published. -
49.0 OBJECT-ORIENTED DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING WITH C++ AND OSF DCE
No current OSF plans.
October 1993
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48.3 DCE IDL WITH C++ SUPPORT -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Planned for DCE 1.2.
April 1996
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47.3 DCED: THE DCE HOST DAEMON -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
April 1994
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46.0 DCE ACL LIBRARY -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
October 1993
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45.0 DCE BACKING STORE LIBRARY -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
July 1993
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44.0 DCE CELL DIRECTORY SERVICE USAGE GUIDELINES
Informational; no current OSF plans.
July 1993
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43.0 MAPPING DCE RPC TO MINIMAL OSI (mOSI)
Informational; no current OSF plans.
July 1993
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42.3 DCECP FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
October 1994
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41.2 RPC RUNTIME SUPPORT FOR I18N CHARACTERS -- FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
November 1994
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40.2 OSF CHARACTER AND CODE SET REGISTRY
Registry maintained by Chris French.
June 1999
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39.0 AN INTERNATIONALIZED DCE CHARACTER HANDLING PROPOSAL -- INTERCHANGE OF CODED CHARACTERS CONVENTIONS AND MECHANISMS
An alternate technology (RFC 41) is provided in DCE 1.1.
March 1993
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37.1 DCE PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE
Obsolete informational document.
October 1993
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36.0 MIGRATING DCE 1.1 SERVICEABILITY TO EVS
No current OSF plans.
January 1993
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35.0 LOCATION OF INSTALLED DCE FILES
Informational and believed still valid.
January 1993
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34.2 DCE 1.1 CODING STYLE GUIDE
Used by DCE 1.1 developers.
August 1993
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33.0 STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENTATION AND INTERFACE SPECIFICATION FOR MONITORING DCE-BASED APPLICATIONS
No current OSF plans.
July 1995
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32.0 REQUIREMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENTATION OF DCE RPC AND CDS SERVICES
No current OSF plans.
June 1993
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31.0 SUPPORTING THREADLESS DCE CLIENTS
Planned for DCE 1.2.
December 1992
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30.0 DCE 1.1 ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS: REQUIREMENTS FOR DCE SHELL
Met in DCE 1.0.
January 1993
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29.2 DESIGN OF AN AUDIT SUBSYSTEM FOR DCE -- IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
October 1994
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28.1 DCE SERVER AUDITABLE-EVENT IDENTIFICATION AND A PROPOSED AUDIT LOGGING API
Provided in DCE 1.1.
November 1993
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27.0 CODED CHARACTER SET CONVERSIONS AND DATA LOSS: PROVIDING INTEROPERABILITY WHILE PREVENTING LOSS
Informational; not DCE-specific.
December 1992
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26.0 USING PRE-AUTHENTICATION TO AVOID PASSWORD GUESSING ATTACKS
Provided in DCE 1.1.
June 1993
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25.0 DCE 1.1 AUDITING STRATEGY AND DESIGN PROPOSAL
An alternate technology (RFC 28 and RFC 29) is provided in DCE 1.1.
December 1992
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24.2 MAKING THE DCE 1.1 SERVICEABILITY AND MESSAGE API'S PUBLIC
Provided in DCE 1.1.
April 1993
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24.1 DCE 1.1 SERVICEABILITY PROPOSAL
Provided in DCE 1.1.
April 1993
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23.0 DCE 1.1 INTERNATIONALIZATION GUIDE
Informational; used by DCE 1.1 developers.
January 1993
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22.0 ADAPTING DME TO MANAGE DCE-BASED SERVICES
No current OSF plans.
January 1993
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21.0 DCE RPC API EXTENSIONS FOR MODULAR SERVERS
No current OSF plans.
November 1992
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20.0 DCE RPC/DG PROTOCOL ENHANCEMENTS
Provided in DCE 1.1.
October 1992
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19.0 SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR DCE 1.1
No current OSF plans.
December 1992
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18.0 THE REMOTE NETWORK DIRECTORY (RND) NAMING MODEL
No current OSF plans; perhaps superceded by XFN.
September 1992
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17.0 DCE 1.1 CODE CLEAN-UP REQUIREMENTS
Met in DCE 1.0.
December 1992
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16.0 DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE SELECTION
No current OSF plans.
September 1992
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14.0 DCE SIG REQUIREMENTS SURVEY
Obsolete informational document.
September 1992
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13.0 DCE 1.1 INTERNATIONALIZATION REQUIREMENTS
Met in DCE 1.0.
August 1992
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12.0 DCE SERVICEABILITY STRATEGY/DESIGN DISCUSSION PAPER
Met in DCE 1.0.
August 1992
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11.0 DCE SIG SERVICEABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Met in DCE 1.0.
August 1992
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10.0 DCE SIG INFO SHEET
Obsolete informational document.
July 1992
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9.0 EMBEDDED DCE SECURITY BRIDGE (EDB) APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
No current OSF plans.
July 1992
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8.2 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DCE
Many of the top 10 original requirements were met by DCE 1.0. This document continues to drive the security plans for future DCE releases.
August 1996 - DRAFT
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8.1 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DCE
Many of the top 10 requirements were met by DCE 1.0. This document continues to drive the security plans for future DCE releases.
October 1995
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7.0 HIERARCHICAL TRUST RELATIONSHIPS FOR INTER-CELL AUTHENTICATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
July 1992
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6.0 A GENERIC INTERFACE FOR EXTENDED REGISTRY ATTRIBUTES
Provided in DCE 1.1.
June 1992
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5.2 GSS-API EXTENSIONS FOR DCE
Provided in DCE 1.1.
March 1994
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4.0 DCE SIG NAMING REQUIREMENTS
Partially met by current DCE. The XFN PST is believed to meet additional/remaining requirements.
June 1992
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3.0 EXTENDING THE DCE AUTHORIZATION MODEL TO SUPPORT PRACTICAL DELEGATION
Provided in DCE 1.1.
June 1992
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2.1 PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS FOR DCE 1.1 IDL
Provided in DCE 1.1.
July 1992
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2.0 PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS FOR DCE 1.0 IDL
Provided in DCE 1.1.
June 1992
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1.0 POSIX/C2 AUDITING OF DCE API'S
An alternate technology (see RFC 28 and RFC 29) is provided in DCE 1.1. June 1992
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