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25.Dd January 26, 2010
26.Dt RPC_GSS_SECCREATE 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm RPCSEC_GSS
30.Nd "GSS-API based authentication for RPC"
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb librpcsec_gss
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In rpc/rpcsec_gss.h
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36.Nm
37is a security mechanism for the RPC protocol.
38It uses the Generic Security Service API (GSS-API) to establish a
39security context between a client and a server and to ensure that all
40subsequent communication between client and server are properly
41authenticated.
42Optionally, extra protection can be applied to the connection.
43The integrity service uses checksums to ensure that all data sent by
44a peer is received without modification.
45The privacy service uses encryption to ensure that no third party can
46access the data for a connection.
47.Pp
48To use this system, an application must first use
49.Fn rpc_gss_seccreate
50to establish a security context.
51.Sh DATA STRUCTURES
52Data structures used by
53.Nm
54appear below.
55.Bl -tag -width "MMMM"
56.It Vt rpc_gss_service_t
57This type defines the types of security service required for
58.Fn rpc_gss_seccreate .
59.Bd -literal
60typedef enum {
61	rpc_gss_svc_default	= 0,
62	rpc_gss_svc_none	= 1,
63	rpc_gss_svc_integrity	= 2,
64	rpc_gss_svc_privacy	= 3
65} rpc_gss_service_t;
66.Ed
67.It Vt rpc_gss_options_ret_t
68This structure contains various optional values which are used while
69creating a security context.
70.Bd -literal
71typedef struct {
72	int		req_flags;	/* GSS request bits */
73	int		time_req;	/* requested lifetime */
74	gss_cred_id_t	my_cred;	/* GSS credential */
75	gss_channel_bindings_t input_channel_bindings;
76} rpc_gss_options_req_t;
77.Ed
78.It Vt rpc_gss_options_ret_t
79Various details of the created security context are returned using
80this structure.
81.Bd -literal
82typedef struct {
83	int		major_status;
84	int		minor_status;
85	u_int		rpcsec_version;
86	int		ret_flags;
87	int		time_req;
88	gss_ctx_id_t	gss_context;
89	char		actual_mechanism[MAX_GSS_MECH];
90} rpc_gss_options_ret_t;
91.Ed
92.It Vt rpc_gss_principal_t
93This type is used to refer to an client principal which is represented
94in GSS-API exported name form
95(see
96.Xr gss_export_name 3
97for more details).
98Names in this format may be stored in access control lists or compared
99with other names in exported name form.
100This structure is returned by
101.Fn rpc_gss_get_principal_name
102and is also referenced by the
103.Vt rpc_gss_rawcred_t
104structure.
105.Bd -literal
106typedef struct {
107	int		len;
108	char		name[1];
109} *rpc_gss_principal_t;
110.Ed
111.It Vt rpc_gss_rawcred_t
112This structure is used to access the raw credentials associated with a
113security context.
114.Bd -literal
115typedef struct {
116	u_int		version;	/* RPC version number */
117	const char	*mechanism;	/* security mechanism */
118	const char	*qop;		/* quality of protection */
119	rpc_gss_principal_t client_principal; /* client name */
120	const char	*svc_principal;	/* server name */
121	rpc_gss_service_t service;	/* service type */
122} rpc_gss_rawcred_t;
123.Ed
124.It Vt rpc_gss_ucred_t
125Unix credentials which are derived form the raw credentials,
126accessed via
127.Fn rpc_gss_getcred .
128.Bd -literal
129typedef struct {
130	uid_t		uid;		/* user ID */
131	gid_t		gid;		/* group ID */
132	short		gidlen;
133	gid_t		*gidlist;	/* list of groups */
134} rpc_gss_ucred_t;
135.Ed
136.It Vt rpc_gss_lock_t
137Structure used to enforce a particular QOP and service.
138.Bd -literal
139typedef struct {
140	bool_t		locked;
141	rpc_gss_rawcred_t *raw_cred;
142} rpc_gss_lock_t;
143.Ed
144.It Vt rpc_gss_callback_t
145Callback structure used by
146.Fn rpc_gss_set_callback .
147.Bd -literal
148typedef struct {
149	u_int		program;	/* RPC program number */
150	u_int		version;	/* RPC version number */
151					/* user defined callback */
152	bool_t		(*callback)(struct svc_req *req,
153				    gss_cred_id_t deleg,
154				    gss_ctx_id_t gss_context,
155				    rpc_gss_lock_t *lock,
156				    void **cookie);
157} rpc_gss_callback_t;
158.Ed
159.It Vt rpc_gss_error_t
160Structure used to return error information by
161.Fn rpc_gss_get_error .
162.Bd -literal
163typedef struct {
164	int		rpc_gss_error;
165	int		system_error;	/* same as errno */
166} rpc_gss_error_t;
167
168/*
169 * Values for rpc_gss_error
170 */
171#define RPC_GSS_ER_SUCCESS	0	/* no error */
172#define RPC_GSS_ER_SYSTEMERROR	1	/* system error */
173.Ed
174.El
175.Sh INDEX
176.Bl -tag -width "MMMM"
177.It Xr rpc_gss_seccreate 3
178Create a new security context
179.It Xr rpc_gss_set_defaults 3
180Set service and quality of protection for a context
181.It Xr rpc_gss_max_data_length 3
182Calculate maximum client message sizes.
183.It Xr rpc_gss_get_error 3
184Get details of the last error
185.It Xr rpc_gss_mech_to_oid 3
186Convert a mechanism name to the corresponding GSS-API oid.
187.It Xr rpc_gss_oid_to_mech 3
188Convert a GSS-API oid to a mechanism name
189.It Xr rpc_gss_qop_to_num 3
190Convert a quality of protection name to the corresponding number
191.It Xr rpc_gss_get_mechanisms 3
192Get a list of security mechanisms.
193.It Xr rpc_gss_get_mech_info 3
194Return extra information about a security mechanism
195.It Xr rpc_gss_get_versions 3
196Return the maximum and minimum supported versions of the
197.Nm
198protocol
199.It Xr rpc_gss_is_installed 3
200Query for the presence of a particular security mechanism
201.It Xr rpc_gss_set_svc_name 3
202Set the name of a service principal which matches a given RPC program
203plus version pair
204.It Xr rpc_gss_getcred 3
205Get credential details for the security context of an RPC request
206.It Xr rpc_gss_set_callback 3
207Install a callback routine which is called on the server when new
208security contexts are created
209.It Xr rpc_gss_get_principal_name 3
210Create a client principal name from various strings
211.It Xr rpc_gss_svc_max_data_length 3
212Calculate maximum server message sizes.
213.El
214.Sh SEE ALSO
215.Xr gss_export_name 3 ,
216.Xr gssapi 3 ,
217.Xr rpc 3 ,
218.Xr mech 5 ,
219.Xr qop 5
220.Sh HISTORY
221The
222.Nm
223library first appeared in
224.Fx 8.0 .
225.Sh AUTHORS
226This
227manual page was written by
228.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org .
229