Developer's Guide to Oracle Solaris Security

Address Types for Channel Bindings

The following table shows the possible values for the initiator_addrtype and acceptor_addrtype fields of the gss_channel_bindings_struct structure. These fields indicate the format that a name can take, for example, ARPAnet IMP address or AppleTalk address. Channel bindings are discussed in Using Channel Bindings in GSS-API.

Table B–4 Channel Binding Address Types

Field 

Value (Decimal) 

Address Type 

GSS_C_AF_UNSPEC 

Unspecified address type 

GSS_C_AF_LOCAL 

Host-local 

GSS_C_AF_INET 

Internet address type, for example, IP 

GSS_C_AF_IMPLINK 

ARPAnet IMP  

GSS_C_AF_PUP 

pup protocols, for example, BSP 

GSS_C_AF_CHAOS 

MIT CHAOS protocol 

GSS_C_AF_NS 

XEROX NS 

GSS_C_AF_NBS 

nbs 

GSS_C_AF_ECMA 

ECMA 

GSS_C_AF_DATAKIT 

Datakit protocols 

GSS_C_AF_CCITT 

10 

CCITT 

GSS_C_AF_SNA 

11 

IBM SNA 

GSS_C_AF_DECnet 

12 

DECnet 

GSS_C_AF_DLI 

13 

Direct data link interface 

GSS_C_AF_LAT 

14 

LAT 

GSS_C_AF_HYLINK 

15 

NSC Hyperchannel 

GSS_C_AF_APPLETALK 

16 

AppleTalk 

GSS_C_AF_BSC 

17 

BISYNC 

GSS_C_AF_DSS 

18 

Distributed system services 

GSS_C_AF_OSI 

19 

OSI TP4 

GSS_C_AF_X25 

21 

X.25 

GSS_C_AF_NULLADDR 

255 

No address specified