RFC 4462 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2006

Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Authentication and Key Exchange for the Secure Shell Protocol

Overview

RFC 4462, “Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Authentication and Key Exchange for the Secure Shell Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2006 by J. Hutzelman, J. Salowey, J. Galbraith, V. Welch. It has since been updated by RFC 8732, RFC 9142. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Secure Shell protocol (SSH) is a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services over an insecure network.

The Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) provides security services to callers in a mechanism-independent fashion.

This memo describes methods for using the GSS-API for authentication and key exchange in SSH. It defines an SSH user authentication method that uses a specified GSS-API mechanism to authenticate a user, and a family of SSH key exchange methods that use GSS-API to authenticate a Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

This memo also defines a new host public key algorithm that can be used when no operations are needed using a host's public key, and a new user authentication method that allows an authorization name to be used in conjunction with any authentication that has already occurred as a side-effect of GSS-API-based key exchange. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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
Updated by
RFC 8732 RFC 9142
Other RFCs from 2006

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