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Responses and Authorization Performance

The type of response attributes bound to rules in a SiteMinder policy affect performance. The following response types are listed in the order in which they have the smallest affect on performance:

• Static—Defining a static attribute returns data that is constant.
• User attribute—Defining a user attribute returns profile information from a user's entry in a user directory.

  Note: This type of response requires the Policy Server to search the user directory.

• DN attribute—Defining a DN attribute returns information associated with directory objects to which the user is related. Groups to which a user belongs, and organizational units (ou) that are part of a user DN, are examples of directory objects whose attributes can be treated as DN attributes.

  Note: This type of response requires the Policy Server to search the user directory.