gssapi_intro(3sec)

Description
This introduction includes general information about the Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSSAPI) defined in Internet RFC 1508, Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface, and RFC 1509, Generic Security Service API : C-bindings. It also includes an overview of error handling, data types, and calling conventions, including the following:

· Integer types

· String and similar data

· Object identifiers (OIDs)

· Object identifier sets (OID sets)

· Credentials

· Contexts

· Authentication tokens

· Major status values

· Minor status values

· Names

· Channel bindings

· Optional parameters

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General Information

Error Handling

GSSAPI Data Types

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