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Protect Target Resources (Consuming-side)

After creating a SAML or WS-Federation authentication scheme, assign the scheme to a unique realm or a single custom realm. The realm is the collection of target resources at the consuming authority that require an assertion for user access. Target resources are those identified by the TARGET variable in the intersite transfer URLs (SAML 1.x) or the AuthnRequest URL, or authentication scheme (SAML 2.0 and WS-Federation).

After you create a realm and assign a SAML or WS-Federation authentication scheme to it, create a rule for the realm, then add the rule to a policy that protects the resource.