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4/8/2010

SSPI uses the following handle types and pointers to these handles:

  • SecHandle and PSecHandle

  • CredHandle and PCredHandle

  • CtxtHandle and PCtxtHandle

These handle types and pointers to these handle types are defined in the following syntax:

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typedef struct _SecHandle {
  ULONG_PTR	 dwLower;
  ULONG_PTR	 dwUpper;
} SecHandle, * PSecHandle;
typedef SecHandle	CredHandle;
typedef PSecHandle   PCredHandle;
typedef SecHandle	CtxtHandle;
typedef PSecHandle   PCtxtHandle;

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