Re:Is this an End of Life announcement? (Score 1)

Please don't give Sun's (ONC) RPC anywhere near that much credit. ONC RPC really pales in comparison to DCE RPC. First of all, ONC RPC uses XDR for serialization, whereas DCE RPC uses NDR. While, I would _love_ to see an RPC protocol based upon ASN.1 take off, at least NDR is multicanonical. Also, don't forget that the DCE RPC endpoint mapper integrates considerably more code to transparently handle things like authentication, authorization and directory services integration. The only thing ONC RPC brings to the table is GSS-API authentication.