ATIS T1.261-1998 (R2004)

This document addresses the security of transaction oriented TMN management messages exchanges over TMN Q3 interfaces among Network Elements (NEs) and Operation Systems (OSs). It offers five levels of security: authentication of the association initiator, two-way peer-entity authentication, data origin authentication, access control and whole Protocol Data Unit (PDU) protection (confidentiality, integrity and nonrepudiation).