1.7 Versioning and Capability Negotiation

This document covers versioning issues in the following areas:

  • Supported Transports: The Remote Administrative Interface: WINS protocol uses the RPC protocol as a transport and RPC Protocol Sequences as specified in section 2.1.

  • Protocol Versions: This protocol has only one interface version, but that interface has been extended by adding additional methods at the end. The use of these methods is specified in section 3.1.

  • Security and Authentication Methods: Authentication and security for the methods specified by this protocol are specified in [MS-RPCE] and in section 2.1.

  • Localization: This protocol passes text strings in various methods. Localization considerations for such strings are specified in sections 2.2 and 3.1.4.

  • Capability Negotiation: The Remote Administrative Interface: WINS protocol does not support interface version negotiation. Instead, this protocol uses the interface version number specified in the interface definition language (IDL) for versioning and capability negotiation.