2.1.6 Relevant Standards
The WM protocols depend on the following standards:
Distributed Management Task Force CIM infrastructure, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0004]. This specification defines the infrastructure and abstract object model a CIMOM implements.
Distributed Management Task Force WS-Management protocol, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0230], [DMTF-DSP0226], and [DMTF-DSP0227]. This protocol provides the encoding of CIM data and its transport and manipulation via a SOAP-based protocol.
Kerberos Protocol Extensions, as specified in [MS-KILE], and the NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication protocol, as specified in [MS-NLMP]. These protocols authenticate identities and group them. The system restricts access to its assets and functionality to specified groups.
DCOM Remote Protocol, as specified in [MS-DCOM]. WMI uses DCOM for transmission of data between WM client role and WM server role, and for authentication of computers in both the client and server role.
SOAP, as specified in [SOAP1.2-1/2003]. This standard defines message format and semantics that WSMV and WSMAN use.
DNS, as specified in [RFC1035]. This standard is used for locating monitored computers.
TCP/IP, as specified in [RFC793]. This standard is used for data transmission for the underlying network.
HTTP/1.1, as specified in [RFC2616]. This standard is used for data transmission by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Server 2003 operating system, as specified in [MS-WSMAN], and by Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista operating system, as specified in [MS-WSMV].
The application/JSON Media Type for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), as specified in [RFC4627], defines a set of formatting rules for the portable representation of structured data.