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X.509 Client Cert or Basic Template

Use this table when configuring an authentication scheme based on the scheme type X.509 Client Certificate or Basic. The Java methods referenced in the table are in the class SmScheme.

Information Type

Value Assignment and Meaning

Scheme type

setType(TypeX509ClientCertOrBasic)

The scheme type X.509 Client Certificate or Basic.

Description

setDescription(description)

The description of the authentication scheme.

Protection level

setLevel(value)

A value of 1 through 1000. The higher the number, the greater degree of protection provided by the scheme. Default is 5.

Library

setLibrary("smauthcert")

The default library for this scheme type.

Parameter

setParameter(param)

A string containing the following information:

Server for establishing an SSL connection. This server redirects a user’s X.509 certificate over an SSL connection.

Name and path of the SSL Credentials Collector (SSC).

If you are using basic authentication over SSL, also provide the following two pieces of information:

The fully qualified name of the SSL server used for establishing an SSL connection for basic authentication.

Name and path of the SSL Credentials Collector (SSC).

https://SSLserver:port/SCC?certorbasic;
   [https://BasicServer/SCC]

 

The following example uses the default SCC values:

https://my.SSLserver.com:80/siteminderagent/
   certoptional/smgetcred.scc?certorbasic;
   https://my.BasicServer.com/
   siteminderagent/nocert/smgetcred.scc

 

Shared secret

setSecret("")

Set to an empty string. Not applicable to this scheme.

Is template?

setIsTemplate(0)

Set to false (0) to indicate that the scheme is not a template.

Is used by administrator?

setIsUsedByAdmin(0)

Set to false (0)—scheme is not used to authenticate administrators.

Save credentials?

setAllowSaveCreds(0)

Set to false (0) to indicate that user credentials won’t be saved.

Is RADIUS?

setIsRadius(0)

Set to false (0)—scheme is not used with RADIUS agents.

Ignore password check?

setIgnorePwCheck(flag)

Set to true (1) to ignore password checking, or false (0) to check passwords. Default is 0.