<H3>Special Instructions</H3> <p>PIXv3 Manager actors should run test <strong>XUA_PIXv3_Query</strong> before running this test, to ensure the success case works first.</p> <p>Send your audit messages to the NIST Audit Record Repository.</p> <H3>Description</H3> <p>This test verifies that a X-Service Provider (PIXv3 Manager) will not respond to a query from a X-Service User (PIX Consumer) when the assertions indicate that PIX Mgr should not grant access.</p> <H3>Evaluation</H3> <p>Verify that the PIX Consumer was unsuccessful receiving responses to its queries because validation of the assertion failed.  The PIX Consumer has no indication that the query failed because of the validation failure.</p> <p>On the <strong>NIST Audit Record Repository</strong>, verify: </p> <ul> <li>An Authentication Failure event was logged by the PIX Manager for each assertion validation failure. </li> </ul> 