Summary
In this chapter, we've learned to use Tcl with different protocols that our application can benefit from —synchronizing time with other servers, querying user information and authenticating users over LDAP and perform DNS queries.
Tcl has its own protocol for remote procedure calls locally and remotely. This can be used for both accessing our application from different processes and troubleshooting. We can also use this for distributed computing of information. In addition to this, the comm package can also be used to offer service-based approach, including authentication.
In this chapter we have learned to:
- Get DNS information
- Get current date and time
- Query and modify information over LDAP
- Authorize users using LDAP
- Creating and using networked ...
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