Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface
GSS-API
<security, programming> (GSS-API) An application level
interface ({API}) to system security services. It provides a
generic interface to services which may be provided by a
variety of different security mechanisms. {Vanilla} GSS-API
supports {security contexts} between two entities (known as
"principals").
GSS-API is a draft internet standard which is being developed
in the {Common Authentication Technology Working Group}
(cat-wg) of the {Internet Engineering Task Force} (IETF).
Initial specifications for GSS-API appeared in {RFC 1508} and
{RFC 1509}. Subsequent revisions appeared in several draft
standards documents.
(http://dstc.qut.edu.au/~barton/work/project.html).
(1996-05-19)