RFC 2744 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2000
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
Overview
RFC 2744, “Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2000 by J. Wray. It obsoletes RFC 1509. It has since been updated by RFC 5896. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies C language bindings for Version 2, Update 1 of the Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API), which is described at a language-independent conceptual level in RFC 2743. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 2000
- RFC 2743 Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
- RFC 2745 RSVP Diagnostic Messages
- RFC 2742 Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents
- RFC 2746 RSVP Operation Over IP Tunnels
- RFC 2741 Agent Extensibility Protocol Version 1
- RFC 2747 RSVP Cryptographic Authentication
- RFC 2748 The COPS Protocol
- RFC 2739 Calendar Attributes for vCard and LDAP