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From: mishkin@apollo.HP.COM (Nathaniel Mishkin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: OSF/DCE naming
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.103844@apollo.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Sep 90 14:38:00 GMT
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In article <38580001@hpindwa.HP.COM>, raj@hpindwa.HP.COM (Rick Jones) writes:
>What is the ODF/DCS anming service based on? Is it an extension of DNS
>or Hesiod, or is it something from DECNET?

OSF/DCE naming consists of an enhanced version of DEC's distributed name
service, DECdns, and some X.500 stuff from Siemens.

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