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Custom Template

Use this table when configuring an authentication scheme based on the scheme type Custom. You create custom schemes using the C-language Authentication API, which is available with the SiteMinder SDK.

Information Type

Value Assignment and Meaning

Scheme type

Type(templateObject)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeTemplate

The scheme type Custom.

Description

Description(schemeDesc)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeDesc

The description of the authentication scheme.

Protection level

ProtectionLevel(nLevel)
CreateAuthScheme() param: protLevel

A value of 0 through 1000. The higher the number, the greater degree of protection provided by the scheme. Default is 5.

Library

CustomLib(customLibName)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeLib

The name of the custom shared library you created using the C Authentication API.

Parameter

CustomParam(param)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeParam

Any string of one or more parameters required by your custom authentication scheme.

For a custom authentication scheme that uses SSL, you must supply a URL that points to a SiteMinder Web Agent library required for the SSL-based authentication.

Shared secret

CustomSecret(secret)

CreateAuthScheme() param: secret

The shared secret, if any, that your custom authentication scheme uses for encryption of credentials.

Is template?

IsTemplate(templateFlag)
CreateAuthScheme() param: isTemplate

Set to 0 to indicate that the scheme is not a template. Any other value is ignored.

Is used by administrator?

IsUsedByAdmin(flag)
CreateAuthScheme() param: isUsedByAdmin

Set to true (1) to specify that the scheme can be used to authenticate administrators, or to false (0) to specify that the scheme cannot be used to authenticate administrators. Default is 0.

Save credentials?

SaveCredentials(0)
CreateAuthScheme() param: saveCreds

Set to 0 to indicate that user credentials will not be saved.

Is RADIUS?

IsRadius(0)
CreateAuthScheme() param: isRadius

Set to 0—scheme is not used with RADIUS agents.

Ignore password check?

IgnorePwd(flag)
CreateAuthScheme() param: ignorePwd

Set to 1 to ignore password checking, or 0 to check passwords. Default is 0.


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