User Guide

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Chapter 14
Field Description
Expected/recommend
ed Values
1. User name
A string representing the
name of the user.
A string value for the
user name.
2. Authentication
protocol
An indication of
whether messages sent
on behalf of this user
can be authenticated,
and if so, the type of
authentication protocol
which is used.
This can take one of the
two values:
z MD5:
HMAC-MD5-96
Digest Authentica-
tion Protocol.
z SHA: HMAC-SHA-96
Digest Authentica-
tion Protocol.
3. Authentication
protocol password
If messages sent on
behalf of this user can be
authenticated, the
(private) authentication
key for use with the
authentication
protocol.
String password for
MD5/SHA depending on
the choice above.
4. Privacy protocol
An indication of
whether messages sent
on behalf of this user
can be protected from
disclosure, and if so, the
type of privacy protocol
which is used.
This takes the value DES
(CBC-DES Symmetric
Encryption Protocol).
5. Privacy protocol
password
If messages sent on
behalf of this user can be
en/decrypted, the
(private) privacy key for
use with the privacy
protocol.
String password for
DES.