AS 4019.8-1992

Specifies the form of authentication information held by the Directory; describes how authentication information may be obtained from the Directory; states the assumptions made about how authentication information is formed and placed in the Directory; and defines three ways in which applications may use this authentication information to perform authentication and describes how other security services may be supported by authentication. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 9594-8:1990 including Technical Corrigendum 1:1991.