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From: joshua@athertn.Atherton.COM (Flame Bait)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: rpc protocols
Keywords: rpc,protocols,rpc/xdr,asn.1,apollo
Message-ID: <12696@joshua.athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 15 Sep 89 21:12:33 GMT
References: <251049BF.4D2B@marob.masa.com>
Reply-To: joshua@atherton.com (Flame Bait)
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
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In an article samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) writes:
>Could people with RPC experience comment on the relative merits of
>the various RPC "standards": Sun's RPC/XDR, ASN.1 (Used by NetWise),
>and Apollo's (used by DEC?).? THanks!

You want to read my paper "A Comparison of Commercial RPC Systems".
It compares Apollo, Netwise, and Sun for speed and reliablity.
The paper is available via archive-server from joshua.atherton.com.
Send mail to archive-server@joshua.atherton.com containing the line:
send other comprpc.shar

The server will reply with a copy of the paper in troff format using the ME
macros, which has been shared.  If you send the line "send other comprpc.txt"
you will get a plaintext version of the paper.  The server's UUCP address is
{hpda,decwrl,sun,coherent,pyramid}!athertn!archive-server (note: no 'o' in 
atherton for the UUCP name).  

If you can not get a reply from the archive server, send me email, or give
me a call.

My paper is based on versions of the RPC software which are now about 10 
months old, and I plan to update may paper, but not for a month or three.

A Netwise employee (Tony Andrews) has distributed a 3 page summary
of speeds as he measured them, which I also have.  Tony's work is newer
than mine, but he works for one of the competing companies.  His paper
is in my archive also,  send one of the following lines to get it:
send other netwise.me.shar
send other netwise.mm.shar

He wrote the paper using the MM macros, and I tranlated it into the ME
macros, since I do not have the MM macros.  I do not keep a plaintext
version of this paper hanging around.  Sorry.

If you want more information on the various RPCs, give me a call.

Joshua Levy
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