# Module java.security.jgss

module java.security.jgss
Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).

This module also contains GSS-API mechanisms including Kerberos v5 and SPNEGO.

Module Graph:
Since:
  9

- ## Packages

  Exports
  Package
  Description
  javax.security.auth.kerberos
  This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
  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.