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Adapter Architecture

The following figure illustrates how Adapter components integrate with the supported applications.

As illustrated in this figure, Adapter includes the following common components:

• Authentication Flow Manager
• State Manager
• User Data Service

The following components are used for the SiteMinder integration:

• Authentication Shim
• Form Credential Collector (FCC) Pages

Adapter also uses "VPN Client" for the IPsec VPN integration. In addition, Adapter uses other advanced authentication products, which are explained in the section "Other Authentication Products Used with Adapter".