Security Support Provider Interface

Security Support Provider Interface

Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) is an API used by Microsoft Windows systems to perform a variety of security-related operations such as authentication.

SSPI functions as a common interface to several Security Support Providers (SSPs): A Security Support Provider is a dynamic-link library (DLL) that makes one or more security packages available to applications.

Read more about Security Support Provider Interface:  Windows SSPs, Comparison

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