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RFC 5587
Title: Extended Generic Security Service Mechanism
Inquiry APIs
Author: N. Williams
Status: Standards Track
Date: July 2009
Mailbox: Nicolas.Williams@sun.com
Pages: 16
Characters: 32002
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-kitten-extended-mech-inquiry-06.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5587.txt
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]
This document is a product of the Kitten (GSS-API Next Generation) Working Group of the IETF.
This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet
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