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Re: [kitten] Clarification of gss_add_cred() behavior

Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> Thu, 19 March 2015 19:16 UTC

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:16:41 -0500
From: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [kitten] Clarification of gss_add_cred() behavior
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 02:48:44PM -0400, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> But a GSS credential can only represent a single identity ("entity", see
> 1.1.1.1)!  Identities are represented by (non-mechanism) names, so it is
> not clear to me that this is a drafting error.  If you know what name you
> want credentials for, you should use it.

That's not what this is about.  I'm not asking for multiple elements for
the same mech but different desired_names.

The problem is the spec effectivel says that when input_cred_handle ==
GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL then desired_name is ignored.  This seems like a
mistake.

Nico
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