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Configure the Front-end Authentication Scheme

You need to configure a front-end authentication scheme that protects the sample application which generates the greeting. For this solution, you can configure the AuthChannel authentication scheme.

See the following illustration for an example of an AuthChannel authentication scheme.

The AuthChannel authentication scheme is set as follows:

• Authentication Type Style

  HTML Form Template

• Protection Level

  1

  The AuthChannel scheme's Protection Level is set to 1 because the front-end authentication scheme must have a lower protection level than any other scheme in the configuration. The user's actual protection level is determined by the authentication scheme he chooses when logging in to access the protected resource. When the user is redirected back to the originally requested resource, the front-end scheme's low protection level ensures that the user is not re-challenged.

• Web Server Name

  auth.sample.com

  This is the web server where the sample application resides

• Target

  /siteminderagent/forms/selectlogin.fcc

This target points to the selectlogin.fcc file. The selectlogin.fcc file is a sample file included with the Web Agent installation.