DistOS 2019F 2019-09-25

Readings

Remote Procedure Calls

• Bruce J. Nelson, "Remote Procedure Call" (1981) (Read the summary starting on p. 224, look at the Intro and Background if you have time.)
• Sun Microsystems, "RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification" (1988)

Discussion Questions

1. Where is RPC today?
2. What is an old equivalent to the RPC from Q1?
3. Where is the old equivalent still used?
4. How secure is the old equivalent?