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Use OpenSSL Toolkit to Modify the Company Source ID

You can use the OpenSSL cryptography tool kit to generate a 20-byte hashed Company Source ID value for use with SiteMinder.

To generate a 20-byte hashed Company Source ID

1. Download the OpenSSL from the Open SSL Web Site.

   Only the binary is needed. If the binary release is not available from the site, download the source and compile it locally.

2. Put the source text string, such as mycompanyname into a file, such as id.txt.
3. Run the message digest command:

   openssl dgst -sha1 file.txt

   file.txt is the file you created in Step 2.

   The output string is the hexidecimal value of the 20-byte message digest for the input file.

   For example:

   $ openssl dgst -sha1 id.txt

   SHA1(id.txt)= e4eabc78894e2c204d788521812497e021f45c08

   For more information about the dgst command, go to Open SSL.

4. Use the hexidecimal string after the equals sign (see the example in Step ) as the CompanySourceID parameter value. Place this value in the following places:
   • The Agent’s AffiliateConfig.xml file at the affiliate.
   • The AMAssertionGenerator.properties file at the producer. This file is in the directory policy_server_home/config/properties.