Default Transport Selection
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TI-RPC uses the TLI interface.
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TS-RPC uses the socket interface.
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RPC Address Binding
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TI-RPC uses rpcbind() for service binding. rpcbind() keeps
address in universal address format.
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TS-RPC uses portmap for service binding.
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Transport Information
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Transport
information is kept in a local file, /etc/netconfig.
Any transport identified in netconfig is accessible.
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Only TCP and UDP
transports are supported.
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Loopback Transports
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rpcbind service requires a secure loopback transport for server
registration.
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TS-RPC services do not require a
loopback transport.
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Host Name Resolution
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The order
of host-name resolution in TI-RPC depends on the order of dynamic libraries
identified by entries in /etc/netconfig.
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Host-name resolution is done by name services. The order is set
by the state of the hosts database.
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File Descriptors
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Descriptors
are assumed to be TLI endpoints.
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Descriptors are
assumed to be sockets.
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rpcgen
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The
TI-RPC rpcgen tool adds support for multiple arguments,
pass-by values, sample client files, and sample server files.
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rpcgen in SunOS 4.1 and previous releases
does not support the features listed for TI-RPC rpcgen.
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Libraries
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TI-RPC requires that
applications be linked to the libnsl library.
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All TS-RPC
functionality is provided in libc.
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MT Support
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Multithreaded RPC
clients and servers are supported.
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Multithreaded
RPC is not supported.
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