What is SiteMinder and how it works?
In SiteMinder single sign-on (SSO), a user successfully authenticates through one agent and does not have to re-authenticate when accessing a realm protected by a different agent. The two agents must be in the same cookie domain, for example: /abc.siteminder.com.
What is the purpose of SiteMinder?
Symantec SiteMinder provides a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive …
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.
Is SiteMinder a SAML?
Protecting Resources with the SiteMinder SAML 2.0 Authentication Scheme. CA SiteMinder supports SAML 2.0 federation both outbound to a Service Provider (SP) when acting as an Identity Provider (IdP) and inbound assertions from an IdP when acting as a SP.
What is SiteMinder policy?
The SiteMinder Policy Server provides policy management, authentication, authorization and accounting. The policy user interface enables the user to create policies, domains, and realms, as well as to configure authentication schemes. The policy user interface also provides centralized agent configuration.
What is SM session?
An SMSESSION cookie is a security token that encapsulates SiteMinder session information. If you enable the Automatic Sign-In option, the system can use an SMSESSION cookie generated by another agent to enable single sign-on from a SiteMinder resource.
Where is SiteMinder based?
Founded in 2006 and headquartered globally in Sydney, SiteMinder is a leader in the online hotel distribution industry.
What is policy server in SiteMinder?
What is authentication scheme in SiteMinder?
Within SiteMinder, an authentication scheme is a way to collect user credentials and determine the identity of a user. Right-click Authentication Schemes and select Create Authentication Scheme. Enter a name for the scheme and (optionally) a description. You must enter this name when configuring the SiteMinder realm.
Is SiteMinder an identity provider?
Configure SiteMinder as a SAML identity provider by completing the following steps.
How do I create a SAML service provider?
Select Configuration > Federation Services > SAML 2.0 Service Provider. Select Enabled to activate SAML 2.0 services in this server in the role of Service Provider. Set the configuration options for the local SAML 2.0 Service Provider services as appropriate.
What are SiteMinder cookies?
How does SiteMinder work for single sign on?
Though SiteMinder is a valuable tool for SSO (Single Sign-On) login between disparate web applications, the user is still required to log into the platform from which the web applications will be launched. SiteMinder also requires that an agent be installed on each web server that will participate in the SSO environment.
What are the components of a SiteMinder system?
SiteMinder system mainly consists of Web Agent and Policy Server. User store, Policy store – DB/LDAP. Session and key store – DB/LDAP. An Web Agent is a component that allows the web server to be managed by SiteMinder.
What do you need to know about CA SiteMinder?
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