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Directory service protocol from Sun Microsystems

The Network Information Service, or NIS, is a client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network. Sun Microsystems developed the NIS; the technology is licensed to virtually all other Unix vendors. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Network Information ServiceA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Maximum Flow Routing Strategy for Space Information Network With Service Function ConstraintsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Online information services in the social sciencesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A Survey on Information Visualization for Network and Service ManagementCited 56 times
  5. Go sideways: NIS+A closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Directory serviceA closely related topic

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