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Policy Server Components

A Policy Server environment consists of two core components:

• Policy Server—Provides policy management, authentication, authorization, and accounting services.
• Policy Store—Contains all Policy Server data.

Additional components are included with various CA products, for example, SiteMinder Agents. SiteMinder Agents are integrated with a standard Web server or application server. They enable SiteMinder to manage access to Web applications and content according to predefined security policies. Other types of SiteMinder Agents allow SiteMinder to control access to non-Web entities. For example, a SiteMinder RADIUS Agent manages access to RADIUS devices, while a SiteMinder Affiliate Agent manages information passed to an affiliate's Web site from a portal site.