BS ISO/IEC 11586-4:1996

This standard BS ISO/IEC 11586-4:1996 Information technology. Open systems interconnection. Generic upper layers security is classified in these ICS categories:

• 35.100.01 Open systems interconnection in general

1.1 This series of Recommendations | International Standards defines a set of generic facilities to assist in the provision of security services in OSI applications. These include:

1. a set of notational tools to support the specification of selective field protection requirements in an abstract syntax specification, and to support the specification of security exchanges and security transformations;

2. a service definition, protocol specification and PICS proforma for an application-service-element (ASE) to support the provision of security services within the Application Layer of OSI;

3. a specification and PICS proforma for a security transfer syntax, associated with Presentation Layer support for security services in the Application Layer.

1.2 This Recommendation | International Standard defines the protecting transfer syntax, associated with Presentation Layer support for security services in the Application Layer.