GSSENCRequest

GSSENCRequest is a frontend protocol message. Length of message contents in bytes, including self.

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Direction: Frontend → backend
First wire field: Int32(8)
Field entries: 2
Documented flow contexts: SSL Session Encryption; GSSAPI Session Encryption
direction: F
manual path: /docs/18/protocol-message-formats.html
signature: GSSENCRequest (F)

Definition PG 18

Int32(8): Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
Int32(80877104): The GSSAPI Encryption request code. The value is chosen to contain 1234 in the most significant 16 bits, and 5680 in the least significant 16 bits. (To avoid confusion, this code must not be the same as any protocol version number.)

Wire fields in documented order

Position	Format	Meaning
1	Int32(8)	Length of message contents in bytes, including self.
2	Int32(80877104)	The GSSAPI Encryption request code. The value is chosen to contain 1234 in the most significant 16 bits, and 5680 in the least significant 16 bits. (To avoid confusion, this code must not be the same as any protocol version number.)

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map[description:Length of message contents in bytes, including self. format:Int32(8)], map[description:The GSSAPI Encryption request code. The value is chosen to contain 1234 in the most significant 16 bits, and 5680 in the least significant 16 bits. (To avoid confusion, this code must not be the same as any protocol version number.) format:Int32(80877104)]

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

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