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RFC 5587: Extended Generic Security Service Mechanism Inquiry APIs

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This document introduces new application programming interfaces (APIs) to the Generic Security Services API (GSS-API) for extended mechanism attribute inquiry. These interfaces are primarily intended to reduce instances of hardcoding of mechanism identifiers in GSS applications. These interfaces include mechanism attributes and attribute sets, a function for inquiring the attributes of a mechanism, a function for indicating mechanisms that possess given attributes, and a function for displaying mechanism attributes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5587
Published
July 2009
Authors
N. Williams
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
16
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