HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Internet and Networking
Internet Services
Chapter 6
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The following manpages have been changed:
• killsm (1M)
• sendmail (1M)
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
SLP 0.8
The Service Location Protocol (SLP) is an emerging Internet standard network protocol
that provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the existence,
location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise networks. SLP
implementation on HP-UX is based on OpenSLP version 0.8.0 developed by Caldera
Systems, Inc.
SLP 0.8 facilitates the following:
• Client application requests for network service location information
• Advertisement of services
• Segregation of services and users into logical or functional groups
• Managed recovery from primary server failures
Summary of Change
SLP 0.8 is new with HP-UX 11i v2. The salient features of SLP 0.8 are as follows:
• Dynamic Service Tracking
• Ease of Administration
• Ease of Development
Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
Refer to the manual HP-UX IP Address and Client Management Administrator's Guide
at http://www.docs.hp.com.
The following manpages are associated with SLP 0.8:
• slpd (1M)
• slpdc (1M)
• libslp (3N)