Authenticate SNMP version 3 message. Before calling this member, entire SNMP version 3 packet needs to be encoded. After authentication process is completed, authenticationParameters value in the USM header is updated and SNMPv3 packet needs to be re-encoded to include it in the BER encoded stream prior to transmission.

public void Authenticate(
	byte[] authKey,
	ref MutableByte wholePacket
)

Public Sub Authenticate ( _
	authKey As Byte(), _
	ByRef wholePacket As MutableByte _
)

public:
void Authenticate(
	array<unsigned char>^ authKey, 
	MutableByte^% wholePacket
)