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How SiteMinder Establishes an SSL Connection for Certificates

The SiteMinder Web Agent establishes an SSL connection by redirecting the user's browser to an HTTPS:// URL pre-configured by SiteMinder. The SSL connection to this URL is set up to require a client certificate to be submitted by the browser. The SiteMinder component invoked at this URL extracts information from the certificate delivered as part of the SSL connection and conveys this information to the SiteMinder Web Agent.

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