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The TransientIDCookies parameter specifies whether or not the Agent identity cookie (SMIDENTITY) is transient or persistent.
Persistent cookies are written to a client system's hard disk. Prior to Web Agent 5.x QMR1, persistent cookies remained valid for 7 days. Beginning with Web Agent 5.x QMR1, persistent cookies remain valid for the configured maximum session timeout plus 7 days. (The maximum session timeout is set in the Administrative UI.) Typically, a persistent cookie is deleted from a Web browser's cookie file after the cookie expires; however, browsers may handle persistent cookies differently. By default, the Web Agent does not use persistent cookies. It uses transient cookies.
If you want to use single sign-on for multiple browser sessions, use persistent cookies. If you set persistent cookies, a user can end their browser session before a SiteMinder session expires then start a new browser session and still have single sign-on capability.
Whereas persistent cookies are written to a hard disk, transient cookies are not written to the hard disk and they are not subject to configured session time-outs. Transient cookies will remain in your cookie folder.
Set TransientIDCookies to no, if you want the identity cookie to be persistent. Leave the default value set to yes, if you want the identity cookie to be transient.
Be sure to set the corresponding IP Check.
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