RFC 6680: Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API) Naming Extensions
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API) provides a simple naming architecture that supports name-based authorization. This document introduces new APIs that extend the GSS-API naming model to support name attribute transfer between GSS-API peers.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6680
- Published
- August 2012
- Authors
- N. Williams; L. Johansson; S. Hartman; S. Josefsson
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 18
- Also known as
- —
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