__AuthenticationData

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The __AuthenticationData system class is used to express the specific data a particular security authentication scheme, such as the Microsoft® Windows NT® LAN Manager authentication protocol.

In general, this class acts as a superclass and is not used directly. Each subclass contains data private to the particular authentication scheme, such as a password digest, a domain name, or other system-specific data. This class is only available in the Root\Security namespace.

class __AuthenticationData : __SecurityRelatedClass
{
    string Authenticator;
    [key] string GUID;
};
 

Properties

Authenticator
The name of the authentication system. There are two built-in names, "WBEM" and "NTLM".
GUID
A DCE-style GUID in string form that uniquely identifies the instance.