kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) (10/28/88)
Has anyone seen a copy of RPC that speaks an OSI protocol instead of using UDP? Anyone at TWG (or anyone else) have anything like this available either now or in the works? adv -thanks- ance, kevin
joshua@athertn.Atherton.COM (Sleaze Hack) (11/02/88)
In article <6200010@hpindda.HP.COM> kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) writes: > > Has anyone seen a copy of RPC that speaks an OSI protocol >instead of using UDP? Anyone at TWG (or anyone else) have anything >like this available either now or in the works? > Yep! The company you're looking for is called Netwise. It is at 4745 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80301; 303-442-8280. They gave me an email address of "hao!isis!1com!wldrdg!PERSON", but that is on the ass-end of nowhere, and I've never been able to use it. I HAVE NOT USED THEIR PRODUCT. THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM TALKING WITH THEM AND READING THEIR LITERATURE. MY KNOWLEDGE OF OSI STANDARDS IS ALSO LOW. The product is called RPC TOOL. It compiles something like C (or maybe C itself) into server and client stubs. There is a data transmission protocol called PDU. The protocol is "DIS/ISO 8825" according to their literature. When I talked to them they said it was "ASN.1". They claim to support MS-DOS, VMS (no matter who you bought your TCP/IP from), UNIX, OS/2, VM, and MVS. They have an impressive list of networks on which they run: TCP/IP, OS/2 LAN Manager, NOVELL, DECnet, OSI?MAP, and SNA/APPC. They also claim to be "About as fast as Sun's RPC." Stubs in ADA are also supported. It is likely that I will be evaluating (read: writing test programs with) RPC TOOL in the next month or so. If you want to hear what I think of it then, send me email. Josh -------- Quote: "If you haven't ported your program, it's not Addresses: a portable program. No exceptions." joshua@atherton.com OR sun!athertn!joshua OR {backbone}!{decwrl!hpda}!athertn!joshua work:(408)734-9822 home:(415)968-3718
mrose@TWG.COM (Marshall Rose) (11/03/88)
Of course, there's also the rpc facility in the ISODE, which implements the International Standards for Remote Operations over both TCP (using the method defined in RFC1006) and over pure OSI networks (e.g., SunLink OSI and Wollongong's OSI stack). I haven't seen the Netwise software, but I do know that the ISODE is running world-wide, has interoperated against other OSI implementations, and is openly available, source code and all, for a modest handling fee. Drop a note to Bug-ISODE@TWG.COM to find out how to get a copy. /mtr
kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) (11/03/88)
> Has anyone seen a copy of RPC that speaks an OSI protocol >instead of using UDP? Anyone at TWG (or anyone else) have anything >like this available either now or in the works? sorry- should have been more specific. I was looking for a version of SunRPC over ROSE (X.219). Thanks to Marshall and Sleaze_Hack for the info in general- looks like I'll be checking out TWG's ISODE for ROSY over ROSE (/mtr - is that the RPC mechanism you were referring to?) thanks again, kevin
rhc@rcole.lb.hp.co.UK (Robert Cole) (11/04/88)
> > Has anyone seen a copy of RPC that speaks an OSI protocol > instead of using UDP? Anyone at TWG (or anyone else) have anything > like this available either now or in the works? > adv -thanks- ance, > kevin Have a look at DIS 10148, which is a copy of ECMA 127. Robert