1 tony  1.1 // ===================================================================
  2           // Title:       User-Security General Credentials 2.8
  3           // Filename:    User28_Credential.mof
  4           // Version:     2.8
  5           // Status:      Final
  6           // Date:        Jan 26, 2004
  7           // ===================================================================
  8           // Copyright 2000-2004 Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF).
  9           // All rights reserved.
 10           // DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members dedicated
 11           // to promoting enterprise and systems management and interoperability.
 12           // DMTF specifications and documents may be reproduced for uses
 13           // consistent with this purpose by members and non-members,
 14           // provided that correct attribution is given.
 15           // As DMTF specifications may be revised from time to time,
 16           // the particular version and release date should always be noted.
 17           // 
 18           // Implementation of certain elements of this standard or proposed
 19           // standard may be subject to third party patent rights, including
 20           // provisional patent rights (herein "patent rights"). DMTF makes
 21           // no representations to users of the standard as to the existence
 22 tony  1.1 // of such rights, and is not responsible to recognize, disclose, or
 23           // identify any or all such third party patent right, owners or
 24           // claimants, nor for any incomplete or inaccurate identification or
 25           // disclosure of such rights, owners or claimants. DMTF shall have no
 26           // liability to any party, in any manner or circumstance, under any
 27           // legal theory whatsoever, for failure to recognize, disclose, or
 28           // identify any such third party patent rights, or for such party's
 29           // reliance on the standard or incorporation thereof in its product,
 30           // protocols or testing procedures. DMTF shall have no liability to
 31           // any party implementing such standard, whether such implementation
 32           // is foreseeable or not, nor to any patent owner or claimant, and shall
 33           // have no liability or responsibility for costs or losses incurred if
 34           // a standard is withdrawn or modified after publication, and shall be
 35           // indemnified and held harmless by any party implementing the
 36           // standard from any and all claims of infringement by a patent owner
 37           // for such implementations.
 38           // 
 39           // For information about patents held by third-parties which have
 40           // notified the DMTF that, in their opinion, such patent may relate to
 41           // or impact implementations of DMTF standards, visit
 42           // http://www.dmtf.org/about/policies/disclosures.php.
 43 tony  1.1 // ===================================================================
 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 v2.8 Final
 54           //  CR1218 - Accepted all changes for CIM V2.8 Prelim, except removed
 55           //           BiometricCredential from the Final release and into
 56           //           CIM V2.9 Preliminary.
 57           // 
 58           // Change Log for v2.8 Preliminary
 59           //  CR1011 - Added BiometricCredential, updated Credential.Description.
 60           //  CR1014 - Removed Min (1) from ManagedCredential.Antecedent
 61           // 
 62           // Change Log for v2.7
 63           //  CR784 - Promoted 2 properties, Issued and Expired, from
 64 tony  1.1 //          CIM_KerberosTicket to CIM_Credential
 65           //  CR980 - Removed Experimental qualifier from 2 properties in
 66           //          Credential
 67           // ===================================================================
 68           
 69           #pragma Locale ("en_US")
 70           
 71           
 72           // ==================================================================
 73           // Credential
 74           // ==================================================================
 75              [Abstract, Version ( "2.8.0" ), Description (
 76                  "Subclasses of CIM_Credential define materials, information or "
 77                  "other data which are used to establish identity. Generally, "
 78                  "there may be some shared information, or credential material "
 79                  "which is used to identify and authenticate an entity in the "
 80                  "process of gaining access to, or permission to use, resources. "
 81                  "Such credential material may be used to authenticate an "
 82                  "entity's identity initially, as done by a "
 83                  "CIM_AuthenticationService, and additionally on an ongoing "
 84                  "basis (for example, during the course of a connection or other "
 85 tony  1.1        "security association), as proof that each received message or "
 86                  "communication came from a valid 'user' of that credential "
 87                  "material.")]
 88           class CIM_Credential : CIM_ManagedElement {
 89           
 90                 [Description (
 91                     "The date and time when the credential was issued. Use a "
 92                     "value of all 0s if this information is not applicable.")]
 93              datetime Issued;
 94           
 95                 [Description (
 96                     "The date and time when the credential expires (and is not "
 97                     "appropriate for use for authentication/ authorization). Use "
 98                     "a value of all 9s if this information is not applicable. "
 99                     "Note that this property does not define how the expiration "
100                     "is set - but that there IS an expiration. The property may "
101                     "be set to either a specific date/time or an interval "
102                     "(calculated from the Issued datetime). For example, for "
103                     "Certificate Authority-signed public key, the expiration is "
104                     "determined by the CA. Another example is a voice mail "
105                     "password that expires 60 days after it is set/issued.")]
106 tony  1.1    datetime Expires;
107           };
108           
109           
110           // ===================================================================
111           // ManagedCredential
112           // ===================================================================
113              [Association, Version ( "2.8.0" ), Description (
114                  "This relationship associates a CredentialManagementService "
115                  "with the Credential it manages.")]
116           class CIM_ManagedCredential : CIM_Dependency {
117           
118                 [Override ( "Antecedent" ), Max ( 1 ), Description (
119                     "The credential management service.")]
120              CIM_CredentialManagementService REF Antecedent;
121           
122                 [Override ( "Dependent" ), Description (
123                     "The managed credential.")]
124              CIM_Credential REF Dependent;
125           };
126           
127 tony  1.1 
128           // ===================================================================
129           // end of file
130           // ===================================================================