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Standard Agent Support

Custom agents created with SiteMinder SDK v5.5 SPx and later can accept SMSESSION cookies created by a standard SiteMinder Web Agent.

However, standard SiteMinder Web Agents can only accept cookies created by a custom agent if the standard agent has been upgraded with the appropriate SiteMinder Agent Quarterly Maintenance Release (QMR). For information about the QMR version required for each standard agent version, see the accompanying SDK release notes.

In addition, to enable a SiteMinder agent with the appropriate QMR upgrade to accept SMSESSION cookies created by a custom agent, the standard agent's Agent configuration file (LocalConfig.conf with IIS servers or WebAgent.conf with other servers) or central configuration object (for v5.x or later) must contain the following entry:

AcceptTPCookie="yes"

Set AcceptTPCookie as follows:

• With 4.xQMR4 agents and above, add AcceptTPCookie="yes" directly in the standard agent's Agent Configuration file.
• With 5.xQMR1 agents and later, add the entry to the standard agent's Agent Configuration Object if the AllowLocalConfig parameter for that object is set to no. If AllowLocalConfig is set to yes, you can set AcceptTPCookie in the standard agent's Agent configuration file.