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set mimic-netscape-for-siteminder Command

The set mimic-netscape-for-siteminder command makes CA Directory imitate a Netscape, iPlanet, or SunOne server.

This is necessary when you use a CA Directory DSA with SiteMinder, because SiteMinder uses a single thread for authentication. If SiteMinder does not detect a Netscape, iPlanet, or SunOne server, this thread serializes authentication binds to the directory, which slows performance.

To let SiteMinder process authentications asynchronously, the DSA must do both of the following:

• Pretend to be a Netscape server to Siteminder
• Process concurrent binds (see set concurrent-bind-user Command)

This command has the following format:

set mimic-netscape-for-siteminder = true | false;

• true

  Sets the CA Directory DSA to imitate a Netscape directory for the purposes of SiteMinder authentication

• false

  Turns off this Netscape mimicry