Succeeds

The Test Tool displays Protected in the Message field. This means that the Test Tool made a successful connection to the Policy Server and a policy is protecting the resource.

The Test Tool also populates the following fields with values returned by the Policy Server:

Realm Name

Name of the realm that contains the resource

Realm OID

The realm object identifier

Credentials

The authentication scheme used to protect the resource

Redirect

The redirect string used by the authentication scheme, if one is specified. All certificate and HTML forms-based schemes return this string, which typically instructs the Agent where to display a form.

Fails

The Test Tool displays Error or Not Protected in the Message field. Error indicates that the Test Tool could not connect to the Policy Server; Not Protected indicates that the specified resource is not protected by a policy.

If the test fails:

Make sure that the policy is configured correctly.

Check the Authentication server log for debugging information.

Succeeds

The Test Tool displays Authenticated in the Message field and populates the following fields with values returned by the Policy Server:

Session ID

A unique SiteMinder-assigned session ID. The Policy Server uses this ID to identify the cookie where session information is stored.

Attributes

The attributes the Policy Server sends back in the response. For example:

The response indicates the name of the user directory where the user was authenticated.

Note: Click Reset to clear responses displayed in the Attributes field without removing user-supplied information.

Reason

The reason code associated with the outcome of the test. This field is used to supply information to developers using the SiteMinder SDK. Reason codes are listed in SmApi.h.

Fails

The Test Tool displays Not Authenticated in the Message field.

If the test fails:

Make sure that you are using valid user credentials.

Check the Authentication server log for debugging information.

Succeeds

The Test Tool displays Authorized in the Message field and the SiteMinder-assigned Session ID in the Session ID field. This ID identifies the cookie where session information is stored.

Fails

The Test Tool displays Not Authorized in the Message field.

If the test fails:

Make sure that the policy is configured correctly.

Check the Authorization server log for debugging information.