Each security mechanism provides a set of security services used to establish a secure connection between a client and a server. Each security service addresses a particular security concern.
Security services consist of:
Authentication services, and
Per-packet security services.
See the Open Client Client-Library/C Reference Manual for a complete discussion of security services.
Client-Library applications set connection properties to request a mechanism’s services. Open Server applications read the properties of a client thread to determine which services are being performed.
See Appendix D, “Kerberos Security Services,” for a list of security services provided by Kerberos.
