Functions From Previous Versions of GSS-API

This section explains functions that were included in previous versions of the GSS-API.

Functions for Manipulating OIDs

The Sun implementation of GSS-API provides the following functions for convenience and for backward compatibility. However, these functions might not be supported by other implementations of GSS-API.

• gss_delete_oid()

• gss_oid_to_str()

• gss_str_to_oid()

Although a mechanism's name can be converted from a string to an OID, programmers should use the default GSS-API mechanism if at all possible.

Renamed Functions

The following functions have been supplanted by newer functions. In each case, the new function is the functional equivalent of the older function. Although the old functions are supported, developers should replace these functions with the newer functions whenever possible.

• gss_sign() has been replaced with gss_get_mic().

• gss_verify() has been replaced with gss_verify_mic().

• gss_seal() has been replaced with gss_wrap().

• gss_unseal() has been replaced with gss_unwrap().