Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

Contents

1. About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.8

HP DCE/9000 Core Services Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

OSF DCE Components Included in This Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

HP DCE/9000 Features Added by Hewlett-Packard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Features Removed at HP DCE 1.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Version Identiﬁcation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Cell Conﬁguration and Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and Online Help. . . . . . . . . . .21

DES Version of this Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Limitations of This Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Limitations of OSF DCE 1.2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

HP DCE 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 Limitations on OSF DCE 1.2.1

Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

System Utilities Not Integrated with DCE Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Interoperability and Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Binary Compatibility with Previous HP DCE Releases. . . . . . . . . . . .25

Source Code Compatibility with Previous HP DCE Releases . . . . . . .26

Interoperability of the DES Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Kerberos Authentication Protocol Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

DCE Support for Kerberos Applications and Conﬁguration Notes . . .26

Support for Secure Internet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

DCE GSS-API Interoperability with MIT and

Third-Party Kerberos Implementations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Notes, Cautions and Warnings Regarding This Release. . . . . . . . . . . . .29

dcecp host Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Security and Remote Login Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Security and Credential Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

ANSI C Requirement for HP DCE/9000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

dce_login -r Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Removing DCE Credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30