gss_delete_sec_context — Delete a security context
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| minor_status (output) | A mechanism-specific status code. | |
| context_handle (input/output) | A context handle identifying the context to delete. After deleting the context, the GSSAPI will set this context handle to GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT. | |
| output_token (output) | A token to be sent to the remote application to instruct it to also delete the context. It is recommended that applications specify GSS_C_NO_BUFFER for this argument, requesting local deletion only. If a buffer argument is provided by the application, the mechanism will either return a token in it, or set the length field of this token to zero to indicate to the application that no token is to be sent to the peer. |
This routine deletes a security context. The gss_delete_sec_context routine deletes the local data structures associated with the specified security context, and may generate an output_token, which when passed to the peer gss_process_context_token will instruct it to do likewise. No further security services may be obtained using the context specified by context_handle.
The output_token argument is retained for compatibility with Version 1 of the GSSAPI. It is recommended that both peer applications invoke gss_delete_sec_context passing the value GSS_C_NO_BUFFER for the output_token argument, indicating that no token is required, and that gss_delete_sec_context should simply delete local context data structures.