5.1.1 Decommissioning Interface

The Decommissioning interface allows a requestor to retrieve the content key for protected content regardless of whether the requestor is granted access to the content by its usage policy. It is intended only as an emergency measure in case RMS protection must be removed from all content. It is therefore strongly recommended that the Decommissioning interface not be exposed during normal server operation, and reserved only for use when absolutely necessary.<6>