| The answer, I think, depends also on whether you are more
concerned about having the software installed (and licensed),
or having to use it. Certainly you can't have CDS without
Security. Having said that, if you configure your namespace
to allow full access to unauthenticated users (not to all of
it - I'd suggest just a specific portion of the namespace -
I created something like /.:/public/ for this purpose), then
you can use the namespace routines without having to have your
clients and servers use the Security API (or go through a DCE
login). Similarly, you could use the Security API to use
authenticated RPC without having to use CDS, by using another
form of binding.
In summary, in programming terms, you can pretty well use
whatever mix of components you like, after perhaps a little
bit of initial configuration - but you have to have both
CDS and Security up and running if you want to use either
or both of them.
- Cameron
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