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Configuring Managed Self Registration for the SPS

Managed Self-Registration (MSR) is a SiteMinder feature that allows users to login to a web site and establish a new user account. New users can access the web site, provide personal information, and receive an account on the site. In addition, users can also define a hint that may be used to retrieve a forgotten password.

When configuring MSR in SiteMinder, a registration scheme must be configured. This registration scheme can be specified in the realm that contains the registration URL. The registration realm requires an HTML forms-based authentication scheme that points to an appropriate template for MSR services.

The following illustration shows the user of MSR with SPS.

The additional web server, which should reside outside of the DMZ , must contain a SiteMinder Web Agent installation. This web agent installation provides the processing required by MSR, and ensures that the processing of sensitive data occurs behind the DMZ.