[17] in GSSAPI Development
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