Introduction to the Kerberos Products and GSS-API

Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API)

•gss_compare_name: Compare two names

•gss_display_name: Translate name to printable format

•gss_import_name: Convert printable name to normalized form

•gss_release_name: Free storage of name

•gss_release_buffer: Free storage of general GSS-allocated object

•gss_release_OID_set: Free storage of OID set object

•gss_create_empty_OID_set: Create empty OID set

•gss_add_OID_set_member: Add member to OID set

•gss_test_OID_set_member: Test if OID is a member of a OID set

•gss_inquire_names_for_mech: Indicate name types supported

•gss_inquire_mechs_for_name: Indicates mechanisms supporting name type

•gss_canonicalize_name: Translate name to per mechanism form

•gss_export_name: Externalize per-mechanism name

•gss_duplicate_name: Duplicate name object

•gss_inquire_cred_by_mech: Provides per-mechanism information about a credential

•gss_process_context_token:

•gss_wrap_size_limit: Determines a token-size limit for gss_wrap in a context

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