Provided are a platform authentication strategy management method for trusted connection architecture (TCA), and the trusted network connection (TNC) client, TNC access point and evaluation strategy service provider for implementing the method in the TCA. In the embodiments of the present invention, the platform authentication strategy for the access requester can be configured in the TNC access point or the evaluation strategy service provider, and the platform authentication strategy for the access requester configured in the evaluation strategy service provider can be delivered to the TNC access point. Moreover, a component-type-level convergence platform evaluation strategy can be executed in the TNC access point or the evaluation strategy service provider, to ensure that the realization of the TCA platform authentication has good application extensibility.