Generic Security Services Application Program Interface (GSS-API) hides from its callers the details of the specific underlying security mechanism, leading to better application portability, and moving generally in the direction of a better interworking capability. |
The GSS-API also completely separates the choice of security mechanism from choice of communications protocol. |
A GSS-API implementation is viable across virtually any communications method. |
GSS_API is an Internet and X/Open standard. |