A Policy Server makes a number of user directory requests to service each authentication request. Some of the user directory requests are required, while others can be avoided.
Estimate the number of Policy Server requests that each authentication creates using the following guidelines:
(Required) Two searches to authenticate each user:
(Optional) Additional searches may be required depending on how you design policies and if you decide to enable Password Services:
Note: For more information about configuring rules, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide. For more information about the relationship a rule has to a SiteMinder policy, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide.
Note: For more information about responses and their relationship to rules, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide.
Note: For more information about Password Services, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide.
The following use cases detail how you can use each guideline to determine the total number of user directory searches the authentication load creates.
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