1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols

This protocol extension expands Remote Desktop Protocol: File System Virtual Channel Extension [MS-RDPEFS] functionality to provide support for Smart Cards for Windows.

This protocol relies on the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol [MS-DCOM], which uses remote procedure call (RPC) as its transport.

This protocol uses the Remote Procedure Call Protocol Extensions ([MS-RPCE] section 2) to encode packet structures carried within an RDP session.