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RFC 1508: Generic Security Service Application Program Interface

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2078.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 2743 — Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) definition provides security services to callers in a generic fashion, supportable with a range of underlying mechanisms and technologies and hence allowing source-level portability of applications to different environments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC1508
Published
September 1993
Authors
J. Linn
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
49
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2078

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1508 (1993)
  2. RFC 2078 (1997)
  3. RFC 2743 (2000) ✓

Read the full history of Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1 →

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