RPC and the Network

This section discusses how to deal with network unreliability when using RPC, and explains how RPC-level APIs translate into network activity. The section refers only to the ncacn_ip_tcp and ncacn_http protocol sequences.

This section is divided into the following topics:

• Development Versus Deployment in the Network
• Preventing Client-Side Hangs
• Managing Network Connection Sets (Associations)
• Idle Connection Cleanup
• Dealing with Loss of Connectivity
• Server Side Cleanup