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What is SiteMinder and how it works?

What is SiteMinder and how it works?

Computer Associates (CA) SiteMinder, formerly Netegrity SiteMinder, is an enterprise infrastructure product that enables centralized, secure Web access management. Its features include user authentication and single sign-on, policy-based authorization, and identity federation.

How do I use authentication with SiteMinder?

Configuring SiteMinder Single Sign-On

  1. From the ACCESS CONTROL > Authentication page, identify the service to which you want to enable SiteMinder SSO.
  2. Click Edit next to the service.
  3. Scroll down to the SiteMinder SSO section and specify values for the following:
  4. Click Save Changes to save your settings.

What is SiteMinder server?

CA SiteMinder server is an authentication and authorization server. When you configure the Pulse Secure access management framework to authenticate users with a SiteMinder policy server, the system passes the user’s credentials to SiteMinder during authentication.

How does WebLogic integrate with Active Directory?

To configure the AD as an authentication provider in WebLogic, take the following steps: Login to WebLogic Console -> Security Realm -> myrealm. Select tab Providers -> Authentication -> Default Provider (DefaultAuthenticator). Change the Control Flag (JAAS Flag) from REQUIRED to SUFFICIENT and click Save.

Does SiteMinder use LDAP?

SiteMinder uses any LDAP source to figure out Authorization and Authentication. You can get more information on Siteminder from Computer Associates. available, Siteminder is used for Single Sign on or Transparent Sign on, while LDAP is used for authentication and authorization of the user.

Is SiteMinder a LDAP?

How does LDAP integrate with WebLogic?

Configure WebLogic Open LDAP Users

  1. Point your browser to the WebLogic console login screen.
  2. Log in using the WebLogic Admin Console username and password you defined during STA installation.
  3. Click Security Realms.
  4. Click myrealm (select the name itself, you cannot check the box).
  5. Click the Providers tab.

What is LDAP in WebLogic Server?

A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server is often used to centralize management of users/groups/credentials within enterprises. An LDAP server stores user information such as group memberships and often also authorization/authentication data. You can use this information to authenticate on Weblogic Server.

Where is SiteMinder based?

About SiteMinder Founded in 2006 and headquartered globally in Sydney, SiteMinder is a leader in the online hotel distribution industry.

What is the difference between LDAP and SSO?

LDAP is an application protocol used by applications to look up information from a server, while SSO is a user authentication process in which the user can provide credential one time to access multiple systems. SSO is an application, while LDAP is the underlying protocol used for authenticating the user.

How to enable SiteMinder web agent?

To enable SiteMinder Web Agent: 1 Using a text editor, open WebAgent.conf. The location of this file depends on the web server that you are using. If you… 2 Set the value of enableWebAgent property to Yes.#N#enableWebAgent=”YES” 3 Save and close the web agent configuration file. More

How does SiteMinder work with EPM system?

After verifying credentials against configured user directories, the policy server passes the credentials to the web server that hosts the SiteMinder Web Agent. The web server that hosts the SiteMinder Web Agent redirects the request to the Oracle HTTP Server that front-ends EPM System.

What is the SiteMinder SSO process?

The SiteMinder SSO process: Users try to access a SiteMinder-protected Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System resource. They use a URL that connects them to the web server that front-ends the SiteMinder policy server; for example, http://WebAgent_Web_Server_Name:WebAgent_Web_ServerPort/interop/index.jsp.

What is the difference between SiteMinder and Oracle HTTP Server?

The web server that hosts the SiteMinder Web Agent redirects the request to the Oracle HTTP Server that front-ends EPM System. Oracle HTTP Server redirects users to the requested application deployed on Oracle WebLogic Server or IIS Server.