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How to Allow the NTC to Encode URLs During Redirects to Protected Resources

SiteMinder can protect resources using Windows credential collectors (NTCs). Users submit their credentials to the NTC, then the NTC logs the user in to the IIS web server. The IIS web server authenticates the user. The NTC redirects the user to the protected (TARGET) resource after authentication.

The NTC normally encodes the characters in the TARGET portion of the URL during the request, but not during the redirect after authentication. You can change your agent configuration so that the TARGET portion of the URL is encoded during the redirect. The following illustration describes this behavior:

The following illustration shows the process of allowing the NTC to encode URLs during requests for protected resources:

To allow the NTC to encode URLs during re–directs to protected resources, follow these steps:

1. Choose the procedure that matches your agent configuration method from the following list:
   • For agents using an Agent Configuration object (ACO) on a Policy Server, follow these steps:
     1. Open the Administrative UI.
     2. Open your Agent configuration object (ACO), and then change the value of the DisableI18N parameter.
   • For agents using a local configuration file on a web server, follow these steps:
     1. Open the LocalConfig.conf file on your web server with a text editor, and then change the value of the DisableI18N parameter.
2. For agents using local configuration, repeat Step 1c for each web server.

   The NTC uses encoded URLs during redirects to protected resources.