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X.509 Client Cert or Basic Template

Use this table when configuring an authentication scheme based on the scheme type X.509 Client Certificate or Basic.

Information Type

Value Assignment and Meaning

Scheme type

Type(templateObject)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeTemplate

The scheme type X.509 Client Certificate or Basic.

Description

Description(schemeDesc)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeDesc

The description of the authentication scheme.

Protection level

ProtectionLevel(nLevel)
CreateAuthScheme() param: protLevel

A value of 1 through 1000. The higher the number, the greater degree of protection provided by the scheme. Default is 5.

Library

CustomLib("smauthcert")
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeLib

The default library for this scheme type.

Parameter

CustomParam(param)
CreateAuthScheme() param: schemeParam

A string containing the following information:

  • Server for establishing an SSL connection. This server redirects a user's X.509 certificate over an SSL connection.
  • Name and path of the SSL Credentials Collector (SSC).

If you are using basic authentication over SSL, also provide the following two pieces of information:

  • The fully qualified name of the SSL server used for establishing an SSL connection for basic authentication.
  • Name and path of the SSL Credentials Collector (SSC).

https://SSLserver:port/SCC?certorbasic;
   [https://BasicServer/SCC]

The following example uses the default SCC values:

https://my.SSLserver.com:80/siteminderagent/
   certoptional/smgetcred.scc?certorbasic;
   https://my.BasicServer.com/
   siteminderagent/nocert/smgetcred.scc

 

Shared secret

CustomSecret("")

CreateAuthScheme() param: secret

Set to an empty string. Not applicable to this scheme.

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(0)
CreateAuthScheme() param: isUsedByAdmin

Set to 0—scheme is not used to authenticate administrators.

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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