Configuration Guide for Kerberos Client Products on HP-UX
Introduction to the Kerberos Products and GSS-API
Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API)
Chapter 268
Generic Security Service Application
Programming Interface (GSS-API)
The GSS-API provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality
services to the calling application.
Figure 2-4 shows the libgss.sl shared library, which is independent of
underlying security mechanisms. The figure illustrates how the
underlying security mechanisms -- such as Kerberos, Simple Public Key
Management (SPKM) -- work with respect to the GSS-API library. If you
are developing applications using GSS-APIs, you do not have to change
the application’s code whenever the underlying security mechanism is
changed. Instead, you can change the underlying security mechanism at
runtime using the configuration options.
Figure 2-4 GSS-API Library