GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 HP 9000 Systems Manufacturing Part Number: J5849-90006 E1200 U.S.A.
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1 GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Announcement HP-UX provides the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) for secure client-server application programming. The GSS-API library, libgss.sl, is a shared library that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality services to the calling application. HP-UX 11.0 AP1200 release provides GSS-API libraries to support either 32- or 64- bit applications development environment.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 What’s in This Version What’s in This Version With an Open System architecture, GSS-API provides portability in a heterogeneous environment. It contains all the GSSAPIs specified in RFC 2743. It is implemented as a package of C-language interfaces as defined in RFC 2744, "Generic Security Service API: C-bindings.” The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism is explained in RFC 1964.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 What’s in This Version Table 1-2. Additional files in GSSAPI product File Types File Names Configuration /etc/gss/mech /etc/gss/qop /etc/gss/gsscred.conf Examples under /usr/contrib/gssapi/sample directory /usr/contrib/gssapi/sample/README - README file for the samples Man pages /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_accept_sec_context.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_acquire_cred.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_add_cred.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_add_oid_set_member.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 What’s in This Version Table 1-2. Additional files in GSSAPI product File Types File Names Man pages /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_inquire_context.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_inquire_cred.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_inquire_cred_by_mech.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_inquire_mechs_for_name.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_inquire_names_for_mech.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_process_context_token.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_release_buffer.3 /usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_release_cred.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 What’s in This Version GSS-API is independent of communication protocols. The GSS-API libraries on the two hosts are responsible for creating and processing the tokens, but the application is responsible for transporting the tokens between client and server.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds Because the symbols of GSSAPIs in the libdce libraries are clashing with the symbols of libgss.sl, application programmers who want to use GSSAPI and DCE together may need to take care of the symbol clashes by linking the libgss.sl library first, then linking the libdce library.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Hardware Requirements HP 9000 workstations and servers with a minimum of 32MB of memory and sufficient swap space (a minimum of 50MB is recommended). Operating System Requirements HP-UX 11.0 Disk Space Requirements Minimum disk space required to install the product is 1.5 MB.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This is the initial release, with no patch requirements and no fixes included.
GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0 Related Documentation Related Documentation The list below contains documentation related to the GSS-API product: • Configuration Guide for Kerberos Products on HP-UX (J5849-90003) • KRB5 Client Release Notes for HP-UX 11.
