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Re: gss_release_cred()

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Wray, Secure Systems Developm)
Tue Apr 30 08:49:33 1991

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 05:48:56 PDT
From: "John Wray, Secure Systems Development, DTN 226-6106  30-Apr-1991 0840" <wray@ultra.enet.dec.com>
To: gssapi-dev@Pa.dec.com

Ted,

gss_cred_id_t isn't a pointer according to the spec.  It's an opaque type.
Passing a pointer to it allows any internal data to be zeroed.  Some mechanisms
may choose to make gss_cred_id_t be a pointer to something, but there's no
requirement that it be such.

John

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