Previous Topic: Disable POST Preservation

Next Topic: Use a Special Forms Template for Passport Authentication

Use the safeword.fcc File for SafeWord Forms Authentication

The Policy Server can authenticate users against a SafeWord authentication server, including users who are logging in via SafeWord hardware tokens.

One of the prerequisites for using the SafeWord forms-based authentication scheme is to have a customized safeword.fcc file residing on a web server where the SiteMinder Web Agent is installed. This web server must be in the cookie domain in which you implement HTML Forms authentication.

The safeword.fcc file defines the forms that a user sees during SafeWord authentication. Depending on the value of the authentication code sent by the Policy Server to the credential collector, the form that the user is asked to fill out changes. In the safeword.fcc file you can see the different text for each authentication code, as indicated by the directive smauthreason.

To customize the safeword.fcc file for your enterprise, you can modify the HTML layout of the form but not the type of credentials that the user must provide for a particular form. You may also want to modify the form logo. The file uses ISO-8859-1 encoding.

The sample safeword.fcc file is located in the directory:

web_agent_home/Samples/Forms

Note: For more information, see the Policy Server documentation.


Copyright © 2010 CA. All rights reserved. Email CA about this topic