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Policy Server

(Required) A SiteMinder Policy Server (Policy Server) acts as the Policy Decision Point (PDP). The purpose of the Policy Server is to evaluate and enforce access control policies, which it communicates to a SiteMinder Agent. A Policy Server provides the following:

• Policy-based user management
• Authentication services
• Authorization services
• Password services
• Session management
• Auditing services

The Policy Server interacts with all other major components to perform these tasks.