Client/server Programming with RPC and DCE

Introduction to client/server programming. What is client/server? ISI network architecture and objectives. Communications protocols. Client/server development overview. Responsabilities of a client. Responsabilities of a server. Introduction to RPC. What are remote procedure calls? Authentication. External data representation. Language specification. Techniques for developing RPC clients and servers. RPC under UNIX. Introduction to DCE. What is DCE? DCE sucurity. Techniques for developing DCE clients and servers. Understanding the OSF DCE services. Windows client/server development. Introduction to OLE. Client/server development with OLE. Using open database connectivity (ODBC). OS/2 client/server development. Introduction to OS/2 client/server development.Introduction to named pipes. Other client/server techniques. Multiplataform client/server development. Multiplataform applications. A survey of commercial client/server products. Messaging and middleware.