Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Building Distributed Programs: Two Paradigms
Model of Execution for RPCs
RPC Properties
RPC Primitives
Structure of an RPC Call
RPCs: Issues
Locating Servers
Communication Protocols for RPC
RPC in Heterogeneous Environments
Case Study: SUN RPC
Identifying Remote Programs and Procedures
Example RPC Program Numbers
Communication Semantics
Remote Programs and Protocol Ports
Sun RPC Message Format: XDR Specification
Message Dispatch for Remote Programs
Creating Distributed Applications with Sun RPC Example: Remote Dictionary Using rpcgen
Specification for rpcgen
Program Generation
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