OpenVMS Alpha Version 3.0 Compaq DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Version 3.0 replaces Digital DCE for OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha Version 1.5. Version 3.0 is a complete kit that does not require a previous version of Compaq DCE for OpenVMS for installation. OpenVMS Version 6.2, 7.1, and 7.2. See Section 1.1 for new features and Section 14 for important restrictions and known problems. Threads service provides user-mode control and synchronization of multiple operations.
Threads is packaged with the base operating system.
A cell is the smallest group of DCE systems that share a common naming and security domain. DCE Security Services provides authentication and authorization within a cell and is based upon MIT's Kerberos private key encryption system. OpenVMS Alpha Version 3.0 includes the following new features. Full documentation for features common to OSF DCE R1.2.2 is available in the R1.2.2 documentation. The Modify Configuration Menu of the DCE setup command procedure allows this feature to be enabled or disabled, as well as the dcecp command line program.