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Identify Resources to be Secured with Multiple Cookie Domains

Will the single-sign on environment in your enterprise extend across multiple cookie domains?

SiteMinder implements single sign-on across multiple cookie domains using a SiteMinder Web Agent configured as a cookie provider.

The cookie domain where the cookie provider Web Agent resides is named the cookie provider domain. All the other Web Agents from the other cookie domains within the single sign-on environment, point to one cookie provider.

The following illustration shows an example of an SSO environment using multiple cookie domains:

Note: For more information about cookie providers, see the Web Agent Configuration Guide.