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  2           // Title:       User-Security General Credentials 2.7
  3           // Filename:    User27_Credential.mof
  4           // Version:     2.7.0
  5           // Status:      Final
  6           // Date:        03/31/2003
  7           // ===================================================================
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 44           // Description: The User Model extends the management concepts that
 45           //              are related to users and security.
 46           //              This file defines the generic concepts of a 
 47           //              credential.
 48           //
 49           //              The object classes below are listed in an order that
 50           //              avoids forward references. Required objects, defined 
 51           //              by other working groups, are omitted.
 52           // ===================================================================
 53           // Change Log for v2.7
 54           // CR784 - Promote 2 properties, Issued and Expired, from
 55           //         CIM_KerberosTicket to CIM_Credential
 56           // CR980 - Remove Experimental qualifier from 2 properties in 
 57           //         Credential
 58           // ===================================================================
 59           
 60           #pragma Locale ("en_US")
 61           
 62           
 63           // ================================================================== 
 64 kumpf 1.2 // Credential
 65           // ==================================================================
 66           [Abstract, Version ("2.7.0"), Description (
 67              "Subclasses of CIM_Credential define materials, "
 68              "information, or other data which are used to prove the "
 69              "identity of a CIM_UsersAccess to a particular "
 70              "CIM_SecurityService.  Generally, there may be some shared "
 71              "information, or credential material which is used to "
 72              "identify and authenticate ones self in the process of "
 73              "gaining access to, or permission to use, an Account. "
 74              "Such credential material may be used to authenticate a "
 75              "users access identity  initially, as done by a "
 76              "CIM_AuthenticationService (see later), and additionally on "
 77              "an ongoing basis during the course of a connection or "
 78              "other security association, as proof that each received "
 79              "message or communication came from the owning user access of "
 80              "that credential material.") ]
 81           class CIM_Credential : CIM_ManagedElement {
 82           
 83              [Description (
 84                 "The date and time when the credential was issued. Use a value "
 85 kumpf 1.2       "of all 0s if this information is not applicable.") ]
 86              datetime Issued; 
 87           
 88              [Description (
 89                 "The date and time when the credential expires (and is "
 90                 "not appropriate for use for authentication/"
 91                 "authorization). Use a value of all 9s if this information "
 92                 "is not applicable. Note that this property does not define "
 93                 "how the expiration is set - but that there IS an expiration. "
 94                 "The property may be set to either a specific date/time or "
 95                 "an interval (calculated from the Issued datetime). For "
 96                 "example, for Certificate Authority-signed public key, the "
 97                 "expiration is determined by the CA. Another example is a "
 98                 "voice mail password that expires 60 days after it is "
 99                 "set/issued.") ]
100              datetime Expires;
101           };
102           
103           
104           // ===================================================================
105           // ManagedCredential
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107           [Association, Version ("2.6.0"), Description (
108              "This relationship associates a CredentialManagementService "
109              "with the Credential it manages.") ]
110           class CIM_ManagedCredential : CIM_Dependency {
111           
112              [Override ("Antecedent"), Min (1), Max (1),
113                 Description ("The credential management service.") ] 
114              CIM_CredentialManagementService REF Antecedent;
115           
116              [Override ("Dependent"),
117                 Description ("The managed credential.") ]
118              CIM_Credential REF Dependent;
119           };
120           
121           
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123           // end of file
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