OSI PICS Manual

ISO 9594: 1993 DSP for NSDS
Tandem OSI PICS Manual–135046
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4 Abbreviations
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full access (DSA);
This document uses the following terms:
centralized DSA: a DSA that is not capable of holding knowledge information about
other DSAs. Such a DSA is not capable of returning referrals.
cooperating DSA: a DSA that is capable of holding knowledge references. Such a DSA
is capable of returning referrals, and may also be a chaining DSA.
chaining DSA: a cooperating DSA that is capable of invoking chained operations,
functioning as a DSP invoker. A chaining DSA is also a cooperating DSA.
Security Level: (protocol) Security levels shall be declared for peer entity
authentication, originator authentication and results authentication, respectively.
For originator authentication, there are five security levels: none, simple without
password, simple with unprotected password, simple with protected password, and
strong.
For peer entity authentication, there are three security levels: none, simple with
distinguished name, and strong.
For results authentication, there are two security levels: none and strong.
4 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement, the following
abbreviations apply.
The following column headings are used in the PICS.
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DOP Directory Operational Binding Management Protocol
DSA Directory System Agent
DSP Directory System Protocol
DUA Directory User Agent
NSSR Non-Specific Subordinate Reference
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
ROSE Remote Operations Service Element
TBS To Be Supplied (? in the status has similar meaning)
UTC Universal Coordinated Time
PS Protocol Status (Where status alone is used, it applies to both protocol and
profile status.)