gss_verify_mic()--Verify that Cryptographic Signature is Correct

 #include <gssapi.h>

 OM_uint32 gss_verify_mic (
     OM_uint32 *  minor_status,
     gss_ctx_id_t   context_handle,  
     gss_buffer_t  input_message,
     gss_buffer_t  input_token,
     gss_qop_t *  qop_state); 

The gss_verify_mic() function verifies that the cryptographic signature for a message is correct. This ensures that the message has not been modified since the signature was generated.

Parameters

minor_status  (Output)

A status code from the security mechanism.

context_handle  (Input)

The context in which the message arrived.

input_message  (Input)

The message to be verified.

input_token  (Input)

The signature token generated by the gss_get_mic() routine.

qop_state  (Output)

The quality of protection that was applied to the message. Specify NULL for this parameter if the quality of protection is not needed.

The Kerberos security mechanism supports three quality of protection levels as follows:

GSS_KRB5_INTEG_C_QOP_MD5	Truncated MD5
GSS_KRB5_INTEG_C_QOP_DES_MD5	DES_MAC of an MD5 hash
GSS_KRB5_INTEG_C_QOP_DES_MAC	Normal DES_MAC algorithm

Return Value

The return value is one of the following status codes:

GSS_S_BAD_SIG

The input token contains an incorrect signature.

GSS_S_COMPLETE

The routine completed successfully.

GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED

The context identifier provided by the caller has expired.

GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED

The credentials associated with the referenced context have expired.

GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL

The credential is defective.

GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN

Consistency checks performed on the input token failed.

GSS_S_DUPLICATE_TOKEN

The token is a duplicate of a token that has already been processed.

GSS_S_FAILURE

The routine failed for reasons that are not defined at the GSS level. The minor_status return parameter contains a mechanism-dependent error code describing the reason for the failure.

GSS_S_GAP_TOKEN

One or more predecessor tokens have not been processed.

GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT

The context identifier provided by the caller does not refer to a valid security context.

GSS_S_OLD_TOKEN

The token is too old to be checked for duplication against previous tokens. This is a fatal error during context establishment.

GSS_S_UNSEQ_TOKEN

A later token has already been processed.

Authorities

Error Messages