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Web Agent Sets Incorrect Value for SM_AUTHTYPE Header for SAML POST Profile Authentication (38117)

Symptom:

Upon authenticating a user with the SAML POST profile authentication scheme, the HTTP_SM_AUTHTYPE default header was being set to SAML Artifact.

Solution:

The string for this header has been changed to SAML Assertion to fit either artifact or POST profile authentication.