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1.1     ! root        1: This directory contains the files that describe the gateway
        !             2: protocol to the DCE Cell Directory Service (CDS):
        !             3: 
        !             4: File          Description
        !             5: 
        !             6: README.TXT    This readme file
        !             7: NSICLT.IDL    Client-side interface
        !             8: NSISVR.IDL    Server-side interface
        !             9: NSICOM.IDL    Interface common to client and server
        !            10: 
        !            11: The OSF DCE environment uses the DCE Cell Directory Service
        !            12: (CDS) for its RPC name service. However, the OSF has not yet
        !            13: released a specification of the protocol used to access the
        !            14: CDS. To allow interoperation between DCE computers and RPC
        !            15: client applications that call RPC name service API
        !            16: functions, you must use a gateway to the DCE CDS.
        !            17: 
        !            18: To help you develop such a gateway, Microsoft defines an
        !            19: interface for a gateway protocol in the files NSICLT.IDL,
        !            20: NSSVR.IDL, and NSICOM.IDL, and provides the client-side
        !            21: implementation of this gateway protocol in RPCNS.DLL. One
        !            22: such implementation of the server side gateway is currently
        !            23: available in the Digital Equipment Corporation DCE Starter
        !            24: Kit.
        !            25: 
        !            26: To use the gateway so that your RPC application can
        !            27: interoperate with DCE RPC applications:
        !            28: 
        !            29: 1) Verify that the gateway is started on the DCE host
        !            30: 
        !            31: 2) Verify that the client is running the TCP/IP transport
        !            32: 
        !            33: 3) (Microsoft Windows NT only) Set the registry entry
        !            34: Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\ServerNetworkAddress to a
        !            35: string of the form "<ip address of gateway 1>; <ip address
        !            36: of gateway 2>...", where <ip address of gateway n> is the ip
        !            37: address of the nth gateway in the list.
        !            38: 
        !            39: 4) Set the following registry entries under Software\
        !            40: Microsoft\Rpc\NameService to the following values:
        !            41: 
        !            42: Entry            Value
        !            43: 
        !            44: Protocol         ncacn_ip_tcp
        !            45: NetworkAddress   <ip addr gateway 1>; <ip addr gateway 2>...
        !            46: Endpoint         <empty string>
        !            47: 
        !            48: To change registry entry settings on Microsoft Windows NT,
        !            49: use the REGEDIT utility. On MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows,
        !            50: edit the text file RPCREG.DAT.

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