This section addresses areas of occasional interest to developers using the lower-level interfaces of the RPC package. The topics are:
poll() on the server – How a server can call the dispatcher directly if calling svc_run() is not feasible
Broadcast RPC – How to use the broadcast mechanisms
Batching – How to improve performance by batching a series of calls
Authentication – What authentication methods are available in this release
Port monitors – How to interface with the inetd and listener port monitors
Multiple program versions – How to service multiple program versions