# Class CIM_SharedSecretAuthentication
extends CIM_AuthenticationCondition

A class describing a company's and/or administrator's credential requirements that should be authenticated in order to establish/trust a CIM_Identity. This class defines a specific identity whose shared secret should be authenticated.

### Table of Contents
Hierarchy
Direct Known Subclasses
Class Qualifiers
Class Properties
Class Methods

## Class Hierarchy

CIM_ManagedElement
|
+--CIM_Policy
|
+--CIM_PolicyCondition
|
+--CIM_AuthenticationCondition
|
+--CIM_SharedSecretAuthentication

## Direct Known Subclasses

## Class Qualifiers

Name | Data Type | Value
--- | --- | ---
Description | string | A class describing a company's and/or administrator's credential requirements that should be authenticated in order to establish/trust a CIM_Identity. This class defines a specific identity whose shared secret should be authenticated.
UMLPackagePath | string | CIM::Policy
Version | string | 2.8.0

## Class Properties

### Local Class Properties

Name | Data Type | Default Value | Qualifiers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Data Type | Value
ContextOfSecret | string |
Description | string | String defining a hostname, URI or service/application name. It defines the specific system or service which provides the context for the shared secret.
IDOfPrincipal | string |
Description | string | String defining the principal's ID whose secret is authenticated.

### Inherited Properties

Name | Data Type
--- | ---
Caption | string
CommonName | string
CreationClassName | string
Description | string
ElementName | string
Generation | uint64
InstanceID | string
PolicyConditionName | string
PolicyRuleCreationClassName | string
PolicyRuleName | string
SystemCreationClassName | string
SystemName | string
PolicyKeywords | string[]

## Class Methods