RPCSEC_GSS
E193771
RPCSEC_GSS is a security protocol framework that provides strong authentication, integrity, and optional privacy for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services using the Generic Security Services (GSS) API.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GSSAPI | 2 |
| RPCSEC_GSS canonical | 2 |
| RPCSEC_GSS Protocol Specification | 1 |
| RPCSEC_GSS security protocol extension | 1 |
| Remote Procedure Call Security Generic Security Service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718346 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RPCSEC_GSS Context triple: [NFS, securityExtension, RPCSEC_GSS]
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A.
Kerberos
Kerberos is a small, irregularly shaped moon of Pluto discovered in 2011 as part of the Pluto system’s complex family of satellites.
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B.
Kerberos
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that uses secret-key cryptography to securely verify the identity of users and services in distributed systems.
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C.
The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol
The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol is a standardized network protocol that defines methods for securely authenticating users and hosts in SSH connections using mechanisms such as passwords, public keys, and keyboard-interactive methods.
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D.
SSH Communications Security
SSH Communications Security is a Finnish cybersecurity company best known for developing and commercializing the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol and related secure communications solutions.
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E.
RFC 3412
RFC 3412 is an Internet standard that specifies the message processing and dispatching procedures for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) within the SNMPv3 framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RPCSEC_GSS Target entity description: RPCSEC_GSS is a security protocol framework that provides strong authentication, integrity, and optional privacy for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services using the Generic Security Services (GSS) API.
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A.
Kerberos
Kerberos is a small, irregularly shaped moon of Pluto discovered in 2011 as part of the Pluto system’s complex family of satellites.
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B.
Kerberos
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that uses secret-key cryptography to securely verify the identity of users and services in distributed systems.
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C.
The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol
The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol is a standardized network protocol that defines methods for securely authenticating users and hosts in SSH connections using mechanisms such as passwords, public keys, and keyboard-interactive methods.
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D.
SSH Communications Security
SSH Communications Security is a Finnish cybersecurity company best known for developing and commercializing the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol and related secure communications solutions.
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E.
RFC 3412
RFC 3412 is an Internet standard that specifies the message processing and dispatching procedures for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) within the SNMPv3 framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RPC security mechanism
ⓘ
security protocol framework ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Remote Procedure Call Security Generic Security Service
ⓘ
linked to:
RPCSEC_GSS
|
| appliesTo | Remote Procedure Call services ⓘ |
| basedOn | GSS-API security contexts ⓘ |
| category |
authentication protocol
ⓘ
authorization framework ⓘ network security protocol ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | existing GSS-API implementations ⓘ |
| defines |
RPC security context
ⓘ
per-call security parameters ⓘ security flavor for RPC ⓘ |
| designedFor | ONC RPC ⓘ |
| enables |
mutual authentication between RPC client and server
ⓘ
secure NFS deployments ⓘ |
| extends | ONC RPC authentication model ⓘ |
| goal | provide strong security for RPC without changing application semantics ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | application layer ⓘ |
| protects |
RPC call arguments
ⓘ
RPC call results ⓘ |
| providesProperty |
data integrity
ⓘ
message protection ⓘ optional privacy ⓘ strong authentication ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| securityProperty |
can provide confidentiality for RPC payloads
ⓘ
prevents replay attacks on RPC messages ⓘ prevents undetected modification of RPC messages ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | RFC 2203 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
context establishment
ⓘ
context expiration ⓘ credential delegation ⓘ message tampering detection ⓘ per-RPC authentication ⓘ per-RPC confidentiality ⓘ per-RPC integrity protection ⓘ replay detection ⓘ sequence number protection ⓘ |
| supportsMechanism |
Kerberos via GSS-API
ⓘ
other GSS-API security mechanisms ⓘ |
| usedWith |
NFS version 3
ⓘ
NFS version 4 ⓘ other ONC RPC-based services ⓘ |
| usesAPI | Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
security context handles
ⓘ
sequence numbers ⓘ verifiers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RPCSEC_GSS Description of subject: RPCSEC_GSS is a security protocol framework that provides strong authentication, integrity, and optional privacy for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services using the Generic Security Services (GSS) API.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: RPCSEC_GSS
linked to: RPCSEC_GSS
linked to: RPCSEC_GSS