# Uses of Package
org.ietf.jgss

- Packages that use org.ietf.jgss
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.ietf.jgss | This package presents a framework that allows application developers to make use of security services like authentication, data integrity and data confidentiality from a variety of underlying security mechanisms like Kerberos, using a unified API.

- Classes in org.ietf.jgss used by org.ietf.jgss
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  ChannelBinding | This class encapsulates the concept of caller-provided channel binding information.
  GSSContext | This interface encapsulates the GSS-API security context and provides the security services that are available over the context.
  GSSCredential | This interface encapsulates the GSS-API credentials for an entity.
  GSSException | This exception is thrown whenever a GSS-API error occurs, including any mechanism specific error.
  GSSManager | This class serves as a factory for other important GSS-API classes and also provides information about the mechanisms that are supported.
  GSSName | This interface encapsulates a single GSS-API principal entity.
  MessageProp | This is a utility class used within the per-message GSSContext methods to convey per-message properties.
  Oid | This class represents Universal Object Identifiers (Oids) and their associated operations.

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