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What platforms support DCE?

April 26, 2017DCE platforms support

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What platforms support DCE?

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DCE is fully supported on most major platforms, including all major Unix platforms and many non-Unix platforms. Most vendors support at least the “secure core” which means all of the DCE services except the Distributed File Service and X.500 interface to the Global Directory Service. Some products are client-only, which means that the actual servers for the DCE services are not provided: Directory Service, Security Service, Time Service. Client machines can use these services, they simply cannot run the server programs; another machine in the cell must run the server programs. Application programs can be built and run the application servers on these “client-only” systems. The status of DCE implementations changes frequently; check with the specific vendors for the latest details, or see the DCE product list (see the next question). Updates to this FAQ are solicited.