@misc{rfc5587, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 5587, howpublished = {RFC 5587}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC5587}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5587}, author = {Nicolás Williams}, title = {{Extended Generic Security Service Mechanism Inquiry APIs}}, pagetotal = 16, year = 2009, month = jul, abstract = {This document introduces new application programming interfaces (APIs) to the Generic Security Services API (GSS-API) for extended mechanism attribute inquiry. These interfaces are primarily intended to reduce instances of hardcoding of mechanism identifiers in GSS applications. These interfaces include mechanism attributes and attribute sets, a function for inquiring the attributes of a mechanism, a function for indicating mechanisms that possess given attributes, and a function for displaying mechanism attributes. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }