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MIME Types for Credential Collectors

Associated with each credential collector is a MIME type. The MIME type indicates which collector presents the authentication challenge when a user requests a resource. The following table shows each type.

When you configure an authentication scheme that uses a credential collector, or set up single sign-on across multiple cookie domains, the relevant MIME type is used as a file extension for a file referenced by the authentication scheme or single-sign-on configuration, for example:

• When configuring single sign-on across multiple cookie domains, you enter a URL like the following to identify the cookie provider:

  http://myserver.company.com:80/siteminderagent/SmMakeCookie.ccc

  SmMakeCookie.ccc is the default cookie provider name. You can use this name or create a name of your own; however, it must have the .ccc extension to initiate single sign-on.

• For Windows authentication, the default target file to enable this scheme is:

  /siteminderagent/ntlm/creds.ntc

  Again, you must use a file with the correct MIME type as the extension.

The FCC and SFCC are the only credential collectors that require actual files to exist on the web server where the Agent is installed. These collectors are for forms-based authentication schemes. The .fcc and .sfcc templates are required to define the HTML form presented to the user.