[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
When an application attempts to connect to CIMOM, the normal COM/DCOM proxy is loaded to make the connection. On the server side (CIMOM), COM loads the interface stub, performs user-level authentication, and completes the connection.
A user can call the DCOM function DCOMCNFG.EXE for DCOM-related access to CIMOM. However, because changes made to permissions can affect access to CIMOM, it is not recommended that users make changes with this application.
Because DCOM is not supported on Windows NT 3.51 platforms, remote access on these platforms is not available. Local access on Windows NT 3.51 platforms is granted with a custom proxy and stub pair that is implemented with anonymous pipes.