Security Services Application Programming Interface (SS API) Developer's Security Guidance

Abstract

This document describes a specification of security services for distributed applications in the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Common Operating Environment (COE). Security services include identification and authentication, encryption, access control, and auditing. The security services are referred to as the COE security services API (COE SS API). The document includes a high-level description of the COE SS API, a formal Java-based specification, a mapping from the specification to the C and Java programming languages, and sample applications to demonstrate how the COE SS API can be used. Appendixes are as follows: Java Specification for the COE SS API, Java Programming Language Mapping, Sample Java Programs, C Language Mapping, and Sample C Programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA465100

Entities

People

  • Amgad Fayad
  • Don Faatz

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Programming Interface
  • Application Software
  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Cryptography
  • Database Management Systems
  • Guidance
  • Information Systems
  • Java Programming Language
  • Language
  • Middleware
  • Network Protocols
  • Programming Languages
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Security

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  • Computer science

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