orna@sdcsma.UUCP (Orna Berry) (08/16/86)
I am looking for papers discussing naming and assressing in distributed applications. Specifically, we design a message passing distributed application with two kinds of messages: broadcast or group addressed, and acknowledged (point-to-point) messages. The ISO protocols support allow for the group addressed messages to pass from the Application Layer directly to the LLC (Link Layer), while the point-to-point messages go through the 7 Layers of OSI protocols. The groups may change dynamically. I am interested in the set of primitives that the Application Layer should provide the Distributed Application Programs, and that depends on the naming and addressing policy that we shall take. Thus, I am seeking theoretical and practical papers, as well as other references and suggetions. Thanks, Orna ...sdcrdcf!sdcsma!orna orna@ucla-locus.arpa