[20] in GSSAPI Development
[Theodore Ts'o: Re: gss_release_cred()]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
Tue Apr 30 13:57:29 1991
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 13:56:34 -0400
From: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
To: gssapi-dev@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 91 13:47:33 -0400
From: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
To: "John Wray, Secure Systems Development, DTN 226-6106 30-Apr-1991
0840" <wray@ultra.enet.dec.com>
Cc: gssapi-dev@Pa.dec.com
In-Reply-To: John Wray, Secure Systems Development, DTN 226-6106 30-Apr-1991 0840's message of Tue, 30 Apr 91 05:48:56 PDT,
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Subject: Re: gss_release_cred()
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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>
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.
You're right, I was being confused. I thought it was one of explicitly
defined types in section two, but I was wrong.
- Ted
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