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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.
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The GSS-API also completely separates the choice of security mechanism from choice of communications protocol.
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A GSS-API implementation is viable across virtually any communications method.
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GSS_API is an Internet and X/Open standard.
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