Clarify that SSPI is used by default on Windows for Kerberos

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Minor - P4
    • 1.22.0, 1.22.0-beta0
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      Background & Motivation
      The GSSAPI (Kerberos) Authentication documentation notes:

      Note Kerberos support requires compiling the driver against cyrus-sasl on UNIX-like environments. On Windows, configure the driver to build against the Windows Native SSPI.

      This implies that configuration is required to enable building with SSPI.

      The current behavior in src/mongoc/CMakeLists.txt is to use SSPI on Windows by default (i.e. if ENABLE_SASL=AUTO).

      Scope

      • Clarify that Windows uses SSPI by default for Kerberos support.

            Assignee:
            Kevin Albertson
            Reporter:
            Kevin Albertson
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