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Realms

A realm is a cluster of resources within a policy domain grouped together according to security requirements. A realm is usually defined for resources that reside in a common location on your network. For example, marketing information that resides in a /marketing directory on your network might be configured as a realm in a policy domain controlled by an administrator in your company’s marketing organization.

The following diagram shows the contents of two realms.

Each of the realms contains resources, such as HTML files, forms, or applications. In addition, each realm is associated with an Agent and an authentication scheme.

• For information about Agents and Agent groups, see Agents and Agent Groups.
• For information about authentication schemes, see Authentication Schemes.