Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface: Difference between revisions

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[[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]].

The SSPI API found in [[Microsoft Windows]] is a competing (and slightly different) implementation of the same logical model behind GSSAPI ([http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1508.txt RFC 1508]). The extension to RFC 1508 that stands out the most is the capability to turn client credentials into a security subject (a token, in Windows parlance) that the server can temporarily use to impersonate the client.

== Key concepts of the GSSAPI ==