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4.SH NAME
5internalvsmechname \- Internal names and mechanism names
6.SH "Name forms"
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8There are two forms of name in GSS-API, Internal form and Contiguous string ('flat') form. gss_export_name() and \fBgss_import_name()\fP can be used to convert between the two forms.
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10.IP "\(bu" 2
11The 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 complared later. The exported name is what should be used for ACLs comparisons.
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14.IP "\(bu" 2
15The Internal form
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17.PP
18There is also 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.
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20Describe relationship between import_name, canonicalize_name, export_name and friends.
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3.nh
4.SH NAME
5internalvsmechname \- Internal names and mechanism names
6.SH "Name forms"
7.PP
8There are two forms of name in GSS-API, Internal form and Contiguous string ('flat') form. gss_export_name() and \fBgss_import_name()\fP can be used to convert between the two forms.
9.PP
10.IP "\(bu" 2
11The 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 complared later. The exported name is what should be used for ACLs comparisons.
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14.IP "\(bu" 2
15The Internal form
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18There is also 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.
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20Describe relationship between import_name, canonicalize_name, export_name and friends.
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