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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_ACCEPT_SEC_CONTEXT 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_accept_sec_context
33.Nd Accept a security context initiated by a peer application
34.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
35.\" .Sh LIBRARY
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
38.Ft OM_uint32
39.Fo gss_accept_sec_context
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle"
42.Fa "const gss_cred_id_t acceptor_cred_handle"
43.Fa "const gss_buffer_t input_token_buffer"
44.Fa "const gss_channel_bindings_t input_chan_bindings"
45.Fa "const gss_name_t *src_name"
46.Fa "gss_OID *mech_type"
47.Fa "gss_buffer_t output_token"
48.Fa "OM_uint32 *ret_flags"
49.Fa "OM_uint32 *time_rec"
50.Fa "gss_cred_id_t *delegated_cred_handle"
51.Fc
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53Allows a remotely initiated security context between the application and a remote
54peer to be established.
55The routine may return a
56.Fa output_token
57which should be transferred to the peer application,
58where the peer application will present it to
59.Xr gss_init_sec_context 3 .
60If no token need be sent,
61.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
62will indicate this
63by setting the length field of the
64.Fa output_token
65argument to zero.
66To complete the context establishment, one or more reply tokens may be
67required from the peer application; if so,
68.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
69will return a status flag of
70.Dv GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED , in which case it
71should be called again when the reply token is received from the peer
72application, passing the token to
73.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
74via the
75.Fa input_token
76parameters.
77.Pp
78Portable applications should be constructed to use the token length
79and return status to determine whether a token needs to be sent or
80waited for.
81Thus a typical portable caller should always invoke
82.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
83within a loop:
84.Bd -literal
85gss_ctx_id_t context_hdl = GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT;
86
87do {
88  receive_token_from_peer(input_token);
89  maj_stat = gss_accept_sec_context(&min_stat,
90				    &context_hdl,
91				    cred_hdl,
92				    input_token,
93				    input_bindings,
94				    &client_name,
95				    &mech_type,
96				    output_token,
97				    &ret_flags,
98				    &time_rec,
99				    &deleg_cred);
100  if (GSS_ERROR(maj_stat)) {
101    report_error(maj_stat, min_stat);
102  };
103  if (output_token->length != 0) {
104    send_token_to_peer(output_token);
105
106    gss_release_buffer(&min_stat, output_token);
107  };
108  if (GSS_ERROR(maj_stat)) {
109    if (context_hdl != GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT)
110      gss_delete_sec_context(&min_stat,
111			     &context_hdl,
112			     GSS_C_NO_BUFFER);
113    break;
114  };
115} while (maj_stat & GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED);
116.Ed
117.Pp
118Whenever the routine returns a major status that includes the value
119.Dv GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED , the context is not fully established and the
120following restrictions apply to the output parameters:
121.Pp
122The value returned via the
123.Fa time_rec
124parameter is undefined unless the
125accompanying
126.Fa ret_flags
127parameter contains the bit
128.Dv GSS_C_PROT_READY_FLAG , indicating that per-message services may be
129applied in advance of a successful completion status, the value
130returned via the
131.Fa mech_type
132parameter may be undefined until the
133routine returns a major status value of
134.Dv GSS_S_COMPLETE .
135.Pp
136The values of the
137.Dv GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG ,
138.Dv GSS_C_MUTUAL_FLAG ,
139.Dv GSS_C_REPLAY_FLAG ,
140.Dv GSS_C_SEQUENCE_FLAG ,
141.Dv GSS_C_CONF_FLAG ,
142.Dv GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG
143and
144.Dv GSS_C_ANON_FLAG bits returned
145via the
146.Fa ret_flags
147parameter should contain the values that the
148implementation expects would be valid if context establishment were
149to succeed.
150.Pp
151The values of the
152.Dv GSS_C_PROT_READY_FLAG
153and
154.Dv GSS_C_TRANS_FLAG bits
155within
156.Fa ret_flags
157should indicate the actual state at the time
158.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
159returns, whether or not the context is fully established.
160.Pp
161Although this requires that GSS-API implementations set the
162.Dv GSS_C_PROT_READY_FLAG
163in the final
164.Fa ret_flags
165returned to a caller
166(i.e. when accompanied by a
167.Dv GSS_S_COMPLETE
168status code), applications
169should not rely on this behavior as the flag was not defined in Version 1 of the GSS-API.
170Instead, applications should be prepared to use per-message services after a
171successful context establishment, according to the
172.Dv GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG
173and
174.Dv GSS_C_CONF_FLAG values.
175.Pp
176All other bits within the
177.Fa ret_flags
178argument should be set to zero.
179While the routine returns
180.Dv GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED , the values returned
181via the
182.Fa ret_flags
183argument indicate the services that the
184implementation expects to be available from the established context.
185.Pp
186If the initial call of
187.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
188fails, the
189implementation should not create a context object, and should leave
190the value of the context_handle parameter set to
191.Dv GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT to
192indicate this.
193In the event of a failure on a subsequent call, the implementation is
194permitted to delete the "half-built" security context (in which case it
195should set the
196.Fa context_handle
197parameter to
198.Dv GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT ), but the preferred behavior is to leave the
199security context (and the context_handle parameter) untouched for the
200application to delete (using
201.Xr gss_delete_sec_context 3 ).
202.Pp
203During context establishment, the informational status bits
204.Dv GSS_S_OLD_TOKEN
205and
206.Dv GSS_S_DUPLICATE_TOKEN
207indicate fatal errors, and
208GSS-API mechanisms should always return them in association with a
209routine error of
210.Dv GSS_S_FAILURE .  This requirement for pairing did not
211exist in version 1 of the GSS-API specification, so applications that
212wish to run over version 1 implementations must special-case these
213codes.
214.Sh PARAMETERS
215.Bl -tag -width ".It input_chan_bindings"
216.It context_handle
217Context handle for new context.
218Supply
219.Dv GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT for first
220call; use value returned in subsequent calls.
221Once
222.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
223has returned a
224value via this parameter, resources have been
225assigned to the corresponding context, and must
226be freed by the application after use with a
227call to
228.Xr gss_delete_sec_context 3 .
229.It acceptor_cred_handle
230Credential handle claimed by context acceptor.
231Specify
232.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL to accept the context as a
233default principal.
234If
235.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is
236specified, but no default acceptor principal is
237defined,
238.Dv GSS_S_NO_CRED will be returned.
239.It input_token_buffer
240Token obtained from remote application.
241.It input_chan_bindings
242Application-specified bindings.
243Allows application to securely bind channel identification information
244to the security context.
245If channel bindings are not used, specify
246.Dv GSS_C_NO_CHANNEL_BINDINGS .
247.It src_name
248Authenticated name of context initiator.
249After use, this name should be deallocated by passing it to
250.Xr gss_release_name 3 .
251If not required, specify
252.Dv NULL .
253.It mech_type
254Security mechanism used.
255The returned OID value will be a pointer into static storage,
256and should be treated as read-only by the caller
257(in particular, it does not need to be freed).
258If not required, specify
259.Dv NULL .
260.It output_token
261Token to be passed to peer application.
262If the length field of the returned token buffer is 0,
263then no token need be passed to the peer application.
264If a non-zero length field is returned,
265the associated storage must be freed after use by the
266application with a call to
267.Xr gss_release_buffer 3 .
268.It ret_flags
269Contains various independent flags,
270each of which indicates that the context supports a specific service option.
271If not needed, specify
272.Dv NULL .
273Symbolic names are provided for each flag,
274and the symbolic names corresponding to the required flags should be
275logically-ANDed with the
276.Fa ret_flags
277value to test whether a given option is supported by the context.
278The flags are:
279.Bl -tag -width "WW"
280.It GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG
281.Bl -tag -width "False"
282.It True
283Delegated credentials are available via the delegated_cred_handle parameter
284.It False
285No credentials were delegated
286.El
287.It GSS_C_MUTUAL_FLAG
288.Bl -tag -width "False"
289.It True
290Remote peer asked for mutual authentication
291.It False
292Remote peer did not ask for mutual authentication
293.El
294.It GSS_C_REPLAY_FLAG
295.Bl -tag -width "False"
296.It True
297Replay of protected messages will be detected
298.It False
299Replayed messages will not be detected
300.El
301.It GSS_C_SEQUENCE_FLAG
302.Bl -tag -width "False"
303.It True
304Out-of-sequence protected messages will be detected
305.It False
306Out-of-sequence messages will not be detected
307.El
308.It GSS_C_CONF_FLAG
309.Bl -tag -width "False"
310.It True
311Confidentiality service may be invoked by calling the
312.Xr gss_wrap 3
313routine
314.It False
315No confidentiality service (via
316.Xr gss_wrap 3 )
317available.
318.Xr gss_wrap 3
319will provide message encapsulation,
320data-origin authentication and integrity services only.
321.El
322.It GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG
323.Bl -tag -width "False"
324.It True
325Integrity service may be invoked by calling either
326.Xr gss_get_mic 3
327or
328.Xr gss_wrap 3
329routines.
330.It False
331Per-message integrity service unavailable.
332.El
333.It GSS_C_ANON_FLAG
334.Bl -tag -width "False"
335.It True
336The initiator does not wish to be authenticated; the
337.Fa src_name
338parameter (if requested) contains an anonymous internal name.
339.It False
340The initiator has been authenticated normally.
341.El
342.It GSS_C_PROT_READY_FLAG
343.Bl -tag -width "False"
344.It True
345Protection services (as specified by the states of the
346.Dv GSS_C_CONF_FLAG
347and
348.Dv GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG )
349are available if the accompanying major status return value is either
350.Dv GSS_S_COMPLETE
351or
352.Dv GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED.
353.It False
354Protection services (as specified by the states of the
355.Dv GSS_C_CONF_FLAG
356and
357.Dv GSS_C_INTEG_FLAG )
358are available only if the accompanying major status return value is
359.Dv GSS_S_COMPLETE .
360.El
361.It GSS_C_TRANS_FLAG
362.Bl -tag -width "False"
363.It True
364The resultant security context may be transferred to other processes
365via a call to
366.Xr gss_export_sec_context 3 .
367.It False
368The security context is not transferable.
369.El
370.El
371.Pp
372All other bits should be set to zero.
373.It time_rec
374Number of seconds for which the context will remain valid.
375Specify
376.Dv NULL
377if not required.
378.It delegated_cred_handle
379Credential
380handle for credentials received from context initiator.
381Only valid if
382.Dv GSS_C_DELEG_FLAG
383in
384.Fa ret_flags
385is true,
386in which case an explicit credential handle
387(i.e. not
388.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL )
389will be returned; if false,
390.Fn gss_accept_context
391will set this parameter to
392.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL .
393If a credential handle is returned,
394the associated resources must be released by the application after use
395with a call to
396.Xr gss_release_cred 3 .
397Specify
398.Dv NULL if not required.
399.It minor_status
400Mechanism specific status code.
401.El
402.Sh RETURN VALUES
403.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL"
404.It GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED
405Indicates that a token from the peer application is required to
406complete the context,
407and that gss_accept_sec_context must be called again with that token.
408.It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
409Indicates that consistency checks performed on the input_token failed.
410.It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL
411Indicates that consistency checks performed on the credential failed.
412.It GSS_S_NO_CRED
413The supplied credentials were not valid for context acceptance,
414or the credential handle did not reference any credentials.
415.It GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
416The referenced credentials have expired.
417.It GSS_S_BAD_BINDINGS
418The input_token contains different channel bindings to those specified via the
419input_chan_bindings parameter.
420.It GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT
421Indicates that the supplied context handle did not refer to a valid context.
422.It GSS_S_BAD_SIG
423The input_token contains an invalid MIC.
424.It GSS_S_OLD_TOKEN
425The input_token was too old.
426This is a fatal error during context establishment.
427.It GSS_S_DUPLICATE_TOKEN
428The input_token is valid,
429but is a duplicate of a token already processed.
430This is a fatal error during context establishment.
431.It GSS_S_BAD_MECH
432The received token specified a mechanism that is not supported by
433the implementation or the provided credential.
434.El
435.Sh SEE ALSO
436.Xr gss_delete_sec_context 3 ,
437.Xr gss_export_sec_context 3 ,
438.Xr gss_get_mic 3 ,
439.Xr gss_init_sec_context 3 ,
440.Xr gss_release_buffer 3 ,
441.Xr gss_release_cred 3 ,
442.Xr gss_release_name 3 ,
443.Xr gss_wrap 3
444.Sh STANDARDS
445.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
446.It RFC 2743
447Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
448.It RFC 2744
449Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
450.El
451.Sh HISTORY
452The
453.Nm
454function first appeared in
455.Fx 7.0 .
456.Sh AUTHORS
457John Wray, Iris Associates
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