[3353] in Kerberos
Re: GSS-API - part of Kerberos ???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Gassen)
Tue May 31 12:26:00 1994
Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 09:02:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob Gassen <bobg@ocsg.com>
Reply-To: Bob Gassen <bobg@ocsg.com>
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <2sa9v2$34j@pad-thai.aktis.com>
On 29 May 1994, Jonathan I. Kamens wrote:
> In article <CqF6wE.8Ln@cup.hp.com>, skup@cup.hp.com (Irene_Skupniewicz) writes:
> |> GSS-API is a specification for an API to a generic security service.
> |> It was originally developed by DEC and is now accepted as an Internet
> |> standard.
>
> |> Since GSS-API is a definition only, I researched what implementations
> |> exist out there. For non-DCE platforms I found only two: Open*Secure
> |> from OpenVision and NetSP from IBM.
>
> I believe that DEC's GSS-API implementation supports non-DCE platforms.
> Furthermore, I believe that Cybersafe (nee OCSG) sells a GSS-API
> implementation that is independent of either DEC's or OV's.
>
Jonathon is correct in that CyberSAFE Corporation (formerly the Open
Computing Security Group) does indeed market an implementation of the
GSS-API as part of our Kerberos version 5 product set. It conforms to
RFC1508 and 1509, and while we ship it with Kerberos support, it is
mechanism independent. We also provide full support and documentation.
Bob Gassen
CyberSAFE Corporation
bobg@ocsg.com
