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SiteMinder Secure Proxy Server

For users who require a more sophisticated reverse proxy solution, the SiteMinder Secure Proxy Server provides the following benefits over the Apache or Sun Java System-based SiteMinder Reverse Proxy Agent:

• An embedded and fully supported web server, including SSL accelerator card support and a GUI tool for managing keys and certificates
• Support for multiple session schemes (cookie-based, and cookie-less)
• Support for flexible proxy rules, such as the following:
  • Support for rules based on HTTP headers and SiteMinder responses, in addition to URLs
  • Ease of use for complex rules

The Secure Proxy Server introduces a new layer in the traditional SiteMinder architecture. This layer forwards or redirects all requests to destination servers in the enterprise.

When the Secure Proxy Server processes a request, the URL requested by the user is preserved in an HTTP header variable called SM_PROXYREQUEST. This header may be used by other applications that require the original URL requested by a user before the Secure Proxy Server proxied the request.