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Types of Web Agents (Traditional and Framework)

All SiteMinder Web Agents are based on one of two architectures. Traditional Web Agents are based on the original SiteMinder Agent architecture. Framework Agents were introduced with SiteMinder version 5.x QMR 6. Features provided by the Web Agent are primarily the same regardless of the architecture. There are some differences. Framework Agents, for example, use a different WebAgent.conf file and a LocalConfig.conf file, that are not used by the traditional Web Agents.

Traditional Web Agents are installed on the following web servers:

• Domino

Framework Agents are installed on the following web servers:

• IIS 6.0, 7.0, 7.5
• Apache 2.0
• Apache 2.0-based servers: IBM HTTP Server, HP Apache server
• Oracle iPlanet Web Server versions 6.0 and above.

  Note: The Oracle iPlanet Web Server was previously named "Sun Java Systems" or "SunONE".

More information:

How to Meet the Use Case Deployment Prerequisites

Enable Post Preservation between Framework and Traditional Agents