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HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

provides<br />

an<br />

authentication<br />

module<br />

that<br />

authenticates<br />

users<br />

based<br />

on<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

obtained<br />

from<br />

custom<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

supplied<br />

by<br />

the<br />

client<br />

or<br />

a<br />

proxy<br />

agent.<br />

This<br />

module<br />

consists<br />

of<br />

a<br />

mapping<br />

function<br />

that<br />

maps<br />

header<br />

data<br />

to<br />

a<br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

identity.<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

trusts<br />

that<br />

this<br />

custom<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

data<br />

is<br />

the<br />

result<br />

of<br />

previous<br />

authentication.<br />

The<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

authentication<br />

module<br />

is<br />

built<br />

specifically<br />

to<br />

map<br />

data<br />

obtained<br />

from<br />

Entrust<br />

Proxy<br />

headers.<br />

When<br />

you<br />

enable<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

using<br />

the<br />

built-in<br />

authentication<br />

module,<br />

you<br />

should<br />

disable<br />

all<br />

other<br />

authentication<br />

methods.<br />

You<br />

should<br />

accept<br />

connections<br />

only<br />

from<br />

the<br />

Entrust<br />

Proxy.<br />

The<br />

disabling<br />

of<br />

other<br />

authentication<br />

methods<br />

eliminates<br />

methods<br />

that<br />

could<br />

be<br />

used<br />

to<br />

impersonate<br />

custom<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

data.<br />

You<br />

can<br />

optionally<br />

customize<br />

the<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

module<br />

to<br />

authenticate<br />

other<br />

types<br />

of<br />

special<br />

header<br />

data<br />

and,<br />

optionally,<br />

map<br />

this<br />

data<br />

to<br />

a<br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

identity.<br />

For<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

on<br />

customizing<br />

authentication<br />

modules,<br />

see<br />

the<br />

<strong>IBM</strong><br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

e-<strong>business</strong><br />

Web<br />

Security<br />

Developer<br />

Reference.<br />

Usage<br />

notes:<br />

v<br />

Session<br />

ID<br />

cookies<br />

are<br />

not<br />

used<br />

to<br />

maintain<br />

state<br />

when<br />

ssl-id-sessions<br />

=<br />

no.<br />

The<br />

unique<br />

header<br />

value<br />

is<br />

used<br />

to<br />

maintain<br />

state.<br />

v<br />

When<br />

a<br />

client<br />

encounters<br />

an<br />

authorization<br />

failure,<br />

the<br />

client<br />

receives<br />

a<br />

″Forbidden″<br />

page<br />

(HTTP<br />

403).<br />

v<br />

Cookie<br />

headers<br />

cannot<br />

be<br />

passed<br />

to<br />

the<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

mechanism.<br />

This<br />

section<br />

contains<br />

the<br />

following<br />

configuration<br />

instructions:<br />

v<br />

“Enable<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication”<br />

v<br />

“Specify<br />

header<br />

types”<br />

on<br />

page<br />

157<br />

v<br />

“Specify<br />

the<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

mechanism”<br />

on<br />

page<br />

157<br />

v<br />

“Disable<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication”<br />

on<br />

page<br />

158<br />

Enable<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

is<br />

disabled<br />

by<br />

default.<br />

To<br />

enable<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication:<br />

1.<br />

Stop<br />

the<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

server.<br />

2.<br />

Edit<br />

the<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

configuration<br />

file.<br />

In<br />

the<br />

[http-headers]<br />

stanza,<br />

specify<br />

the<br />

protocols<br />

to<br />

support<br />

in<br />

your<br />

network<br />

environment.<br />

The<br />

protocols<br />

are<br />

shown<br />

in<br />

the<br />

following<br />

table.<br />

Table<br />

26.<br />

Enabling<br />

HTTP<br />

header<br />

authentication<br />

Protocol<br />

to<br />

support<br />

Configuration<br />

file<br />

entry<br />

HTTP<br />

http-headers-auth<br />

=<br />

http<br />

HTTPS<br />

http-headers-auth<br />

=<br />

https<br />

Both<br />

HTTP<br />

and<br />

HTTPS<br />

http-headers-auth<br />

=<br />

both<br />

For<br />

example,<br />

to<br />

support<br />

both<br />

protocols:<br />

[http-headers]<br />

http-headers-auth<br />

=<br />

both<br />

156<br />

<strong>IBM</strong><br />

<strong>Tivoli</strong><br />

<strong>Access</strong><br />

<strong>Manager</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong><br />

e-<strong>business</strong>:<br />

<strong>WebSEAL</strong><br />

<strong>Administration</strong><br />

Guide

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