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Verify that a Resource is Protected

You can verify that a resource in your Kerberos domain is protected by creating a SiteMinder policy using the Kerberos Authentication scheme and attempting to access the resource with a user principle.

To verify that a resource is protected by Kerberos authentication

1. Log into the Policy Server User Interface.

   Note: When you create or modify a Policy Server object in the Policy Server User Interface, use ASCII characters. Object creation or modification with non-ASCII characters is not supported.

2. Configure a policy domain.
3. Configure a realm using the Kerberos Authentication scheme.
4. Configure a rule to protect a specific resource within your Kerberos domain.
5. Configure a policy to protect the Kerberos resource, and add a test user to the policy.
6. Log in to the Kerberos domain as a user principle and attempt to access the protected resource.

SiteMinder authenticates the user using the KDC security token.