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An Agent in a SiteMinder environment is a network entity that acts as a filter to enforce network access control or Web access control. An Agent monitors requests for resources. When a user requests a protected resource, the Agent prompts the user for credentials based on an authentication scheme, and sends the credentials to a Policy Server.
The Policy Server determines whether or not a user can be authenticated based on the credentials, and whether or not the user is authorized for the requested resource. The Policy Server then communicates with the Agent, which allows or denies access to the requested resource.
Web Agents, Affiliate Agents, EJB Agents, Servlet Agents, and RADIUS Agents are available by default. All other Agents are considered Custom Agents that must be created using the Agent APIs. Once created, you can configure Custom Agents in the Administrative UI.
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