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        RFC 2479:

        Title:      Independent Data Unit Protection Generic
		    Security Service Application Program 
		    Interface (IDUP-GSS-API)
	Author(s):  C. Adams
	Status:     Informational
	Date:       December 1998
        Mailbox:    cadams@entrust.com
	Pages:      70
        Characters: 156070
        Updates/Obsoletes/See Also: None 
        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-cat-idup-gss-11.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2479.txt


The IDUP-GSS-API extends the GSS-API [RFC-2078] for applications 
requiring protection of a generic data unit (such as a file or 
message) in a way which is independent of the protection of any other 
data unit and independent of any concurrent contact with designated 
"receivers" of the data unit.  Thus, it is suitable for applications 
such as secure electronic mail where data needs to be protected 
without any on-line connection with the intended recipient(s) of that 
data. 

This document is a product of the Common Authentication Technology
Working Group of the IETF.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute