Product Overview
Connectivity Services provides a transparent communication path between applications running on MCP servers and Windows clients. This enables applications running on a Windows client, for example a developer’s workstation, to access files on a ClearPath server.
Connectivity Services supports multiple transports, for example, TCP/IP. Connectivity Services provides a single API for all supported network communication paths—applications do not need to be modified or recompiled.
Supported APIs include:
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Windows API
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C# and C++
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MCP API defined as socket options
General Features
Connectivity Services includes the following services:
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Authentication Service: The server application can validate access from the client using NTLMv2 authentication.
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Message Framing Service: The application receive request is satisfied with a full message supplied by the remote application.
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Security Service: Encryption is available as an underlying service—SSL-TLS, for example—and is established by the underlying transport before the Authentication service and Message service are established.
Ordering Information
Connectivity Services is included as part of the operating environment for ClearPath servers. Source code is not available for this product.
Product Information
Refer to the following documents for more information:
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TCP/IP Implementation and Operations Guide (3787 7693)
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Networking Commands and Inquiries Help (4310 3506)
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Networking Encoded Messages Programming Reference Manual (3787 7958)
