GSSAPI Programming Guide Author:Sun Microsystems Inc. This book instructs developers on how to use the Generic Security Services Application Interface (GSS-API) to make their network-based programs secure. The GSS-API provides developers with a way to use installed security mechanisms, and the authentication, confidentiality, and data integrity features they provide, to protect transmissions over n... more »etworks. The GSS-API eliminates the necessity for data-transmission programs to be platform- or mechanism-specific.« less