Generic Security Service API Version 2: Java Bindings Update
RFC 5653, “Generic Security Service API Version 2: Java Bindings Update”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2009 by M. Upadhyay, S. Malkani. It obsoletes RFC 2853. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8353 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSS-API) offers application programmers uniform access to security services atop a variety of underlying cryptographic mechanisms. This document updates the Java bindings for the GSS-API that are specified in "Generic Security Service API Version 2 : Java Bindings" (RFC 2853). This document obsoletes RFC 2853 by making specific and incremental clarifications and corrections to it in response to identification of transcription errors and implementation experience.
The GSS-API is described at a language-independent conceptual level in "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1" (RFC 2743). The GSS-API allows a caller application to authenticate a principal identity, to delegate rights to a peer, and to apply security services such as confidentiality and integrity on a per-message basis. Examples of security mechanisms defined for GSS-API are "The Simple Public-Key GSS-API Mechanism" (RFC 2025) and "The Kerberos Version 5 Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) Mechanism: Version 2" (RFC 4121). [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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- RFC 5652 Cryptographic Message Syntax
- RFC 5654 Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile
- RFC 5651 Layered Coding Transport Building Block
- RFC 5655 Specification of the IP Flow Information Export File Format
- RFC 5650 Definitions of Managed Objects for Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line 2
- RFC 5656 Elliptic Curve Algorithm Integration in the Secure Shell Transport Layer
- RFC 5649 Advanced Encryption Standard Key Wrap with Padding Algorithm
- RFC 5657 Guidance on Interoperation and Implementation Reports for Advancement to Draft Standard