SSPI API to get tokensize for client and server

[Jeffrey Altman]

You are using the correct API.  Read the documentation.  The API will 
tell you the size of the memory you need to allocate.

Manoj Mohan wrote:
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> Yeah thats true.. so how do I ensure that it works generically. I was 
> hoping to call some API which will help me to do that.
> Is there one ?
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> that code will only work if the generated token is 4096 bytes or smaller.
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> Manoj Mohan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Right now I am calling InitializeSecurityContext and 
> AcceptSecurityContext
> > with fixed token size (4096)
> > and things are working. I was wondering if I can call
> > QueryContextAttributes or some other function
> > to get the right value rather than using a fixed value?
> >
> > For example, I am using using AcceptSecurityContext like this:
> >
> > ....................
> >   outBuffer.cbBuffer = 4096;
> >   outBuffer.BufferType = SECBUFFER_TOKEN;
> >   outToken.ulVersion = SECBUFFER_VERSION;
> >   outToken.cBuffers = 1;
> >   outToken.pBuffers = &outBuffer;
> >
> >   ss = AcceptSecurityContext( pCredHandle,
> >                               pInCtxHandle,
> >                               &inToken,
> >                               NULL,
> >                               SECURITY_NATIVE_DREP,
> >                               pOutCtxHandle,
> >                               &outToken,
> >                               &outFlags,
> >                               &lifetime );
> >   if( ss != SEC_E_OK )
> > .................................
> >
> > Regards,.........................
> > Manoj
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