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Ensuring HTTP Request and Response Port Numbers Match

You may have a network architecture where the port number in a request does not always match the port number the SAML Affiliate Agent uses when sending a response.

The GetPortFromHeaders parameter lets the SAML Affiliate Agent create a header with the originally requested port number. The Agent then uses this port number instead of pulling the port number from the web server service structures so the request and response port numbers match.

The GetPortFromHeaders setting is also useful for applications that redirect traffic to specific web servers for load balancing without modifying the actual HTTP headers. In this case, when the Agent performs redirects, the user must be redirected back to the proper external port, and not the internal one used by the web server.

To use the port number in the HTTP HOST request header, set the GetPortFromHeaders attribute to yes, as follows:

GetPortFromHeader="yes"

The default is no.

Note: You must enable this attribute for a SAML Affiliate Agent on an Apache Web server.