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Create an Authentication Scheme

CA SiteMinder® uses authentication schemes to collect credentials and determine the identity of a user. During authentication, the agent communicates with the Policy Server to determine the proper credentials to retrieve from a user who is requesting resources.

If you are an experienced CA SiteMinder® user, you can use an existing authentication scheme instead of creating one.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Infrastructure, Authentication, Authentication Schemes, Create Authentication Scheme.

   The Create Authentication Scheme pane appears.

2. Select Create a new object of type Authentication Scheme option, and then click OK.

   The Create Authentication Scheme: Pane appears.

3. Enter a distinctive name, and (optional) description.
4. Select the type of Authentication Scheme from the Authentication Scheme Type list.

   The options for your chosen Authentication Scheme appear.

5. Complete the fields for your Authentication Scheme.
6. Click Submit.

   The Create Authentication Scheme task is submitted for processing and the confirmation screen appears.