Information on RFC 2078 » RFC Editor (original) (raw)

RFC 2078

Generic Security Service Application Program Interface, Version 2, January 1997

File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 1508

Obsoleted by:

RFC 2743

Author:

J. Linn

Stream:

IETF

Source:

cat (sec)

Cite this RFC: TXT | XML | BibTeX

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2078

Discuss this RFC: Send questions or comments to the mailing list iesg@ietf.org

Other actions: Submit Errata | Find IPR Disclosures from the IETF | View History of RFC 2078

Abstract

The Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API), as defined in RFC-1508, provides security services to callers in a generic fashion, supportable with a range of underlying mechanisms and technologies and hence allowing source-level portability of applications to different environments. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.