The following topics discuss the dependencies of DCE security on the Distributed Time Service (DTS), and the relationship between the security namespace and the Cell Directory Service (CDS) namespace. For information about how DCE components such as CDS use features of DCE security, refer to the documentation on the component of interest (for example, the topic of the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Core Components on CDS).
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The Cell Namespace and the Security Namespace