Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface

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The Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface (GSS-API) is a standard interface that allows applications to access security services such as authentication, integrity, and confidentiality in a mechanism-independent way.

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instanceOf application programming interface ⓘ
security standard ⓘ
abbreviation GSS-API ⓘ
acronymOf Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface ⓘ
allows applications to use security services without being tied to a specific mechanism ⓘ
category computer security ⓘ
network security ⓘ
conformsTo IETF security area standards ⓘ
definedIn RFC 2743 ⓘ
RFC 2744 ⓘ
designGoal mechanism independence ⓘ
enables interoperable security across different mechanisms ⓘ
exampleMechanism Kerberos ⓘ
SPKM ⓘ
focusesOn interface between applications and security mechanisms ⓘ
hasComponent GSS-API C bindings ⓘ
GSS-API language bindings ⓘ
hasProperty abstracts security mechanisms from applications ⓘ
mechanism-neutral API ⓘ
hasPurpose to provide a generic interface to security services ⓘ
hasScope application-level security ⓘ
hasVersion GSS-API version 2 ⓘ
isLayeredOver underlying security mechanisms ⓘ
notMechanism does not define its own cryptographic algorithms ⓘ
providesService authentication ⓘ
message confidentiality ⓘ
message integrity ⓘ
relatedStandard Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism ⓘ
standardizedBy IETF ⓘ
supportsConcept credentials ⓘ
message protection ⓘ
security context ⓘ
security tokens ⓘ
supportsOperation context deletion ⓘ
context establishment ⓘ
credential acquisition ⓘ
credential release ⓘ
message unwrapping ⓘ
message wrapping ⓘ
name import and export ⓘ
usedBy directory services ⓘ
mail and messaging protocols ⓘ
remote procedure call systems ⓘ
usedFor single sign-on ⓘ
usedIn client-server protocols ⓘ
networked applications ⓘ

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RPCSEC_GSS → usesAPI → Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface ⓘ
SASL → relatedTo → GSS-API ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
OpenLDAP → supportsAuthenticationMechanism → SASL GSSAPI ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
Netscape Directory Server → supportsAuthenticationMethod → GSSAPI ⓘ
subject linked to: NDS
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface → abbreviation → GSS-API ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface → acronymOf → Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface ⓘ
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface → hasVersion → GSS-API version 2 ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
RFC 2203 → usesFramework → Generic Security Service Application Program Interface ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
RFC 2203 → usesFramework → GSS-API ⓘ
linked to: Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface