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internal_v_smechname(3)      Heimdal GSS-API library	 internal_v_smechname(3)

NAME
     internal_v_smechname - Internal names and mechanism names

Name forms
     There are two name representations in GSS-API: Internal form and Contiguous
     string ('flat') form. Functions gss_export_name() and gss_import_name() can
     be used to convert between the two forms.

     * The  contiguous	string	form is described by an oid specificing the type
       and an octet string. A special form of the contiguous string form is  the
       exported  name  object.	The exported name defined for each mechanism, is
       something that can be stored and compared later.  The  exported	name  is
       what should be used for ACLs comparisons.

     * The  Internal  form is opaque to the application programmer and is imple-
       mentation-dependent.

     * There is also a special form of the Internal Name (IN), and that  is  the
       Mechanism Name (MN). In the mechanism name all the generic information is
       stripped  of  and only contain the information for one mechanism. In GSS-
       API some function return MN and some require MN as input. Each  of  these
       function is marked up as such.

     @FIXME  Describe  relationship  between import_name, canonicalize_name, ex-
     port_name and friends. Also, update for RFC2743 language ('contiguous'  and
     'flat' are gone, leaving just 'exported name token', 'internal', and 'MN').

Version 7.8.0			 Tue Nov 15 2022	 internal_v_smechname(3)

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