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Designate the Resource Requiring Protection

For this use case, you want to protect the checkout process so that users who exceed their credit limit cannot complete the transaction. Therefore, you need to add a resource to the Online Catalog application you just created.

To protect the specific resource of the web-based shopping application

1. Click Policies, Applications, Application, Modify Application.
2. Click Search and select the Online Catalog application. Click Select.

   The Modify Application dialog opens.

3. Select the Resources tab.
4. Click Create in the Resources group box.

   The Create Resource dialog opens.

5. Enter values for the fields in the General group box. For this use case, enter the following:
   • Name

     Checkout

   • Description

     Lets you total your purchases and pay for them.

6. Enter values for the fields in the Attributes group box. For this use case, enter the following:
   • Resource

     total_charges.jsp

7. Select the Web Agent actions radio button in the Action group box and select the actions Get and Post.
8. Click OK.

You have created a resource called Checkout.

Note: Click Help for descriptions of settings and controls, including their respective requirements and limits.