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Reading Remote Server Updates

The list of authorized domains that the AuthMinder plug-in must contact to are defined during the installation. If this list changes, then the AuthMinder plug-in must update the list for the current environment by contacting the remote servers.

It also fetches the version information of the ArcotID OTP Desktop Client and the AuthMinder plug-in from the remote servers. This information is used by the ArcotID OTP Desktop Client to inform users about the latest updates.

The remote servers that the AuthMinder plug-in can contact are configured in the hosts.dat file. See the table in the "Shared Files" section for the location of the hosts.dat file. The hosts.dat file contains a one-line entry per remote server, as follows:

serverURL filename

In the preceding entry:

• serverURL: Specifies the partial or the complete URL of the host from where the remote data has to be obtained. If you specify the partial URL, such as www.remoteserver.com, then the URL is resolved to https://remoteserver.com/aid/authdomain.txt to create an absolute URL.

  Note: It is mandatory that you specify the server name. Other objects of the URL are optional.

• filename: Specifies the file name in which the data received from serverURL is recorded. The file is always stored in the User Data Area, therefore you must specify only the file name and not the complete path. See the "Location for User-Specific Files" section for the default location of the User Data Area.