1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

The Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) Remote Protocol is composed of a subset of opnums in an interface that also includes the Local Security Authority (Translation Methods) Remote Protocol [MS-LSAT].

The Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) Remote Protocol is dependent on RPC, which is used for communication between domain members and domain controllers.

This protocol shares the Domain Name field of the abstract data Account Domain Information, as specified in section 3.1.1.1 of this specification, with the Workstation Service Remote Protocol [MS-WKST].

This protocol depends on Server Message Block (SMB) protocols for sending messages on the wire.

Authentication protocols like the Kerberos Protocol Extensions [MS-KILE] and translation protocols like the Directory Replication Service (DRS) Remote Protocol [MS-DRSR] and Local Security Authority (Translation Methods) Remote Protocol [MS-LSAT] depend on the abstract data model introduced by this protocol in section 3.1.1. These protocols use the information in the Local Security Authority (Domain Policy) Remote Protocol to locate a domain that can process further requirements on that protocol.

The Active Directory Technical Specification [MS-ADTS] discusses Active Directory, which is used by this protocol when running on a domain controller.

The server-side protocol relationships for non-domain controller and domain controller configurations are illustrated in the following diagrams.

Server-side protocol relationships for a non-domain controller configuration

Figure 1: Server-side protocol relationships for a non-domain controller configuration

Server-side protocol relationships for a domain controller configuration

Figure 2: Server-side protocol relationships for a domain controller configuration