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31 .Dt GSS_PROCESS_CONTEXT_TOKEN 3 PRM
34 .Nm gss_process_context_token
35 .Nd Process a token on a security context from a peer application
36 .\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
41 .Fo gss_process_context_token
42 .Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43 .Fa "const gss_ctx_id_t context_handle"
44 .Fa "const gss_buffer_t token_buffer"
47 Provides a way to pass an asynchronous token to the security service.
48 Most context-level tokens are emitted and processed synchronously by
49 .Fn gss_init_sec_context
51 .Fn gss_accept_sec_context ,
52 and the application is informed as to whether further tokens are
54 .Dv GSS_C_CONTINUE_NEEDED
57 a mechanism may need to emit a context-level token at a point when the
58 peer entity is not expecting a token.
60 the initiator's final call to
61 .Fn gss_init_sec_context
62 may emit a token and return a status of
64 but the acceptor's call to
65 .Fn gss_accept_sec_context
67 The acceptor's mechanism may wish to send a token containing an error
68 indication to the initiator,
69 but the initiator is not expecting a token at this point,
70 believing that the context is fully established.
71 .Fn gss_process_context_token
72 provides a way to pass such a token to the mechanism at any time.
74 .Bl -tag -width ".It context_handle"
76 Mechanism specific status code.
78 Context handle of context on which token is to be processed.
83 .Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN"
86 .It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
87 Indicates that consistency checks performed on the token failed
91 did not refer to a valid context
94 .Xr gss_init_sec_context 3 ,
95 .Xr gss_accept_sec_context 3
97 .Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
99 Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
101 Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
106 function first appeared in
109 John Wray, Iris Associates
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