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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GSS-API | 1 |
| GSSAPI | 1 |
| SASL GSSAPI | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application programming interface
ⓘ
security standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GSS-API NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acronymOf | Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RFC 2744 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal | mechanism independence ⓘ |
| enables | interoperable security across different mechanisms ⓘ |
| exampleMechanism |
Kerberos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GSS-API
OpenLDAP
→
supportsAuthenticationMechanism
→
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
SASL GSSAPI
subject surface form:
Netscape Directory Server
this entity surface form:
GSSAPI