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HTTP 404 Error When Trying to Retrieve Assertion at the Consumer

Symptom:

When consumer/SP site attempts to retrieve an assertion from the producer/IdP site, an HTTP 404 "Page Not Found" error code is returned to the user’s browser.

Solution:

Ensure that the Federation Web Services application is deployed as a Web application on a web server running ServletExec or one of the supported application servers. The SiteMinder Platform Support Matrix lists the supported platforms for the Web Agent Option Pack.