GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0

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GSS-API Release Notes for HP-UX 11.0
What’s in This Version
HP-UX also includes DCE Kerberos and its man pages that are under the directory of
/opt/dce/share/man/man3.Z.
Benefits and Features
The GSS-API provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality services to the calling
application. It provides secure communication between two peers with a security context
established by an exchange of tokens.
The GSS-API product is available as a shared library and is independent of any underlying
security mechanism, such as Kerberos backend mechanism library, libgssapi_krb5.sl, or
SPKM. Therefore, an application developer writing secure applications needs to write the code
only once, regardless of the underlying security mechanism. This capability provides
flexibility in an age of constant change in security technology.
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.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_release_name.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_release_oid_set.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_test_oid_set_member.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_unwrap.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_verify_mic.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_wrap.3
/usr/share/man/man3.Z/gss_wrap_size_limit.3
Table 1-2. Additional files in GSSAPI product
File Types File Names