The Web Agent Option Pack is a stand-alone component that must be installed separately from SiteMinder. It installs Federation Web Services (FWS) on an application server or Web server.
Note: Unlike the Web Agent Option Pack, the Policy Server Option Pack is no longer a stand-alone component but an integral part of the Policy Server and its installation.
The Web Agent Option Pack supports the following SiteMinder features:
SAML and WS-Federation are standards that define the exchange of authentication and authorization information between entities in a network using assertions. To support these standards, the Web Agent Option Pack is required.
Federation Web Services is an application that enables production and consumption of SAML assertions. FWS is installed by the Web Agent Option Pack on a server that is connected to the Policy Server.
The SAML Affiliate Agent is a stand-alone component that provides authentication and session management for a consumer site or affiliate that does not have a SiteMinder Policy Server and Web Agent to protect its resources. The Web Agent Option Pack installs Federation Web Services, which allows the SAML Affiliate Agent to communicate with the Policy Server.
Note: For more information about Federation Security Services, see the Federation Security Services Guide.
eTelligent Rules are policy expressions that combine Boolean operators and user-defined variables and that are evaluated at runtime. As policy expressions, eTelligent Rules allow administrators to implement fine-grained access control of protected resources on a SiteMinder-protected Web site. To support POST variables, the Web Agent Option Pack is required.
Note: For more information about eTelligent Rules, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide.
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