Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Authentication Numbers

Created

  • 2009-04-15

Last Updated

  • 2022-09-14

Available Formats

RPC Authentication Flavor Numbers

Registration Procedure(s)

  • First Come First Served

Reference

  • RFC 5531: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2

Note

For all RPC authentication flavor and authentication status numbers to be used on the Internet, it is strongly advised that an informational or standards-track RFC be published describing the authentication mechanism behaviour and parameters. New pseudo-flavor requests will be assigned from the 390000-390255 block. All other assignments will be made sequentially starting from decimal 400000.

Available Formats

Identifier String Flavor Name Value Description Reference
AUTH_NONE none 0 no authentication, see RFC 1831/a.k.a. AUTH_NULL RFC 5531
AUTH_SYS sys 1 unix style (uid+gids), RFC 1831/a.k.a. AUTH_UNIX RFC 5531
AUTH_SHORT 2 short hand unix style, RFC 1831 RFC 5531
AUTH_DH dh 3 des style (encrypted timestamp)/a.k.a. AUTH_DES, see RFC 2695 RFC 5531
AUTH_KERB krb4 4 kerberos auth, see RFC 2695 RFC 5531
AUTH_RSA 5 RSA authentication RFC 5531
RPCSEC_GSS 6 GSS-based RPC security for auth, integrity and privacy, RFC 5403 RFC 5531; RFC Errata 4849
AUTH_TLS TLS 7 Indicates support for RPC-over-TLS RFC 9289
8-30000 Unassigned
AUTH_NW 30001 NETWARE RFC 5531
30002-199999 Unassigned
AUTH_SEC 200000 TSIG NFS subcommittee RFC 5531
200001-200003 Unassigned
AUTH_ESV 200004 SVr4 ES RFC 5531
200005-299999 Unassigned
AUTH_NQNFS 300000 Univ. of Guelph - Not Quite NFS RFC 5531
AUTH_GSSAPI 300001 OpenVision (john.linn@ov.com) RFC 5531
AUTH_ILU_UGEN 300002 Xerox (janssen@parc.xerox.com) - ILU Unsecured Generic Identity RFC 5531
AUTH_SPNEGO 390000 RFC 5531
390000-390255 NFS 'pseudo' flavors for RPCSEC_GSS RFC 5531
krb5 390003 kerberos_v5 authentication, RFC 2623 RFC 5531
krb5i 390004 kerberos_v5 with data integrity, RFC 2623 RFC 5531
krb5p 390005 kerberos_v5 with data privacy, RFC 2623 RFC 5531
390256-199999999 Unassigned
200000000 Reserved RFC 5531
200100000 NeXT Inc. RFC 5531

RPC Authentication Status Numbers

Registration Procedure(s)

  • First Come First Served

Reference

  • RFC 5531: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2

Note

For all RPC authentication flavor and authentication status numbers to be used on the Internet, it is strongly advised that an informational or standards-track RFC be published describing the authentication mechanism behaviour and parameters.

Available Formats

Identifier String Flavor Name Value Description Reference
AUTH_OK 0 success/failed at remote end RFC 5531
AUTH_BADCRED 1 bad credential (seal broken) RFC 5531
AUTH_REJECTEDCRED 2 client must begin new session RFC 5531
AUTH_BADVERF 3 bad verifier (seal broken) RFC 5531
AUTH_REJECTEDVERF 4 verifier expired or replayed RFC 5531
AUTH_TOOWEAK 5 rejected for security reasons/failed locally RFC 5531
AUTH_INVALIDRESP 6 bogus response verifier RFC 5531
AUTH_FAILED 7 reason unknown/AUTH_KERB errors; deprecated. See [RFC2695] RFC 5531
AUTH_KERB_GENERIC 8 kerberos generic error RFC 5531
AUTH_TIMEEXPIRE 9 time of credential expired RFC 5531
AUTH_TKT_FILE 10 problem with ticket file RFC 5531
AUTH_DECODE 11 can't decode authenticator RFC 5531
AUTH_NET_ADDR 12 wrong net address in ticket/RPCSEC_GSS GSS related errors RFC 5531
RPCSEC_GSS_CREDPROBLEM 13 no credentials for user RFC 5531
RPCSEC_GSS_CTXPROBLEM 14 problem with context RFC 5531
RPCSEC_GSS_INNER_CREDPROBLEM 15 No credentials for multi-principal assertion inner context user RFC 7861
RPCSEC_GSS_LABEL_PROBLEM 16 Problem with label assertion RFC 7861
RPCSEC_GSS_PRIVILEGE_PROBLEM 17 Problem with structured privilege assertion RFC 7861
RPCSEC_GSS_UNKNOWN_MESSAGE 18 Unknown structured privilege assertion RFC 7861

RPCSEC_GSS Structured Privilege Names Registry

Registration Procedure(s)

  • Standards Action

Reference

  • RFC 7861: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Security Version 3

Note

The structured privilege with a zero-length name and the fifteen additional lower case and mixed case permutations of each of 'EXPE' and 'PRIV' are also Reserved.

Available Formats

Name Reference Contact
EXPE RFC 7861
PRIV RFC 7861
copy_to_auth RFC 7862 William A.(Andy) Adamson
copy_from_auth RFC 7862 William A.(Andy) Adamson
copy_confirm_auth RFC 7862 William A.(Andy) Adamson

Contact Information

Name Contact URI Last Updated
William A.(Andy) Adamson andros&netapp.com 2016-11-02