{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC1508","title":" Generic Security Service Application Program Interface ","authors":["J. Linn"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"49","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Common Authentication Technology","abstract":" This Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSS-API) definition 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":"August 1993","keywords":["CAT","GSS","API"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[" RFC2078"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC1508","errata_url":null}