{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC2078","title":" Generic Security Service Application Program Interface, Version 2 ","authors":["J. Linn"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"85","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Common Authentication Technology","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]  ","pub_date":"December 1996","keywords":["GSSAP","Authentication","Cryptology","Data","integrity"],"obsoletes":["RFC1508"],"obsoleted_by":[" RFC2743"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2078","errata_url":null}