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How To Protect a Resource with a SAML 1.x Authentication Scheme

Protect target federation resources by configuring a SiteMinder policy that uses the SAML 1.x authentication scheme.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a realm that uses the SAML authentication scheme. The realm is the collection of target resources.

   You can create a realm in the following ways:

   • Create a unique realm for each authentication scheme already configured.
   • Configure a single target realm that uses a custom authentication scheme to dispatch requests to the corresponding SAML authentication schemes. Configuring one realm with a single target for all producers simplifies configuration of realms for SAML authentication.
2. Configure an associated rule and optionally, a response.
3. Group the realm, rule, and response into a policy that protects the target resource.

Important! Each target URL in the realm is also identified in an intersite transfer URL. The intersite transfer URL redirects a user from the producer to the consumer. You specify this URL in the URL TARGET variable. At the producer site, an administrator includes this URL in a link that redirects the user to the consumer.