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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-4379585

Need a mechanism to populate a Subject with GSSCredential and GSSName

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    • 1.4.0
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      Consider the case of an application that uses Kerberos.
      After the JAAS login on the client side, the Subject contains a
      java.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosPrincipal and
      java.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosTicket. The GSS mechanism uses
      these to establish a security context with the server.

      On the server side, the application obtains a GSSName and a delegated
      GSSCredential from the established security context. It should then
      be able to pull out the mechanism specific elements (GSSCredentialSpi
      and GSSNameSpi) and populate a JAAS Subject with them and use this Subject to perform actions on behalf of the client.

      This RFE is to suggest that a mechanism be provided using which a Subject can be populated with the GSS Credential and GSS Name that a server has received in a GSS security context.

            mupadhyasunw Mayank Upadhyay (Inactive)
            rmartisunw Ramachandran Marti (Inactive)
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