JGSS providers

IBM^® JGSS includes a native System i5™ JGSS provider and a pure Java™ JGSS provider. The provider that you choose to use depends on the needs of your application.

Both JGSS providers adhere to the GSS-API specification and so are compatible with each other. In other words, an application that uses the pure Java JGSS provider can interoperate with an application that uses the native System i5 JGSS provider.

Changing the JGSS provider

If your server is running J2SDK, version 1.3, before changing to the native System i5 JGSS provider, make sure that you have configured your server to use JGSS. For more information, see the following topics:

You can easily change the JGSS provider by using one of the following options:

Edit the security provider list in ${java.home}/lib/security/java.security

${java.home} denotes the path to the location of the version of Java that you are using on your server. For example, if you are using J2SDK, version 1.3, ${java.home} is /QIBM/ProdData/Java400/jdk13.
Specify the provider name in your JGSS application by using either GSSManager.addProviderAtFront() or GSSManager.addProviderAtEnd(). For more information, see the GSSManager javadoc.

Parent topic:

Configuring your server to use IBM JGSS