CA eTrust SiteMinder Policy Server Management

Policy Server Management Overview
Policy Server Overview
The Policy Server provide access control and single sign-on. It typically runs
on a separate Windows or UNIX system, and performs key security operations.
In particular it provides the following:
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Authentication--The Policy Server supports a range of authentication
methods. It can authenticate users based on user names and passwords,
via tokens, using forms based authentication, and through public-key
certificates.
Authorization--The Policy Server is responsible for managing and
enforcing access control rules established by Policy Server administrators.
These rules define the operations that are allowed for each protected
resource.
Administration--The Policy Server can be configured using the Policy
Server User Interface (UI). The Administration service of the Policy Server
is what enables the UI to record configuration information in the Policy
Store. The Policy Store is the database that contains entitlement
information.
Accounting--The Policy Server generates log files that contain auditing
information about the events that occur within the system. These logs can
be printed in the form of predefined reports, so that security events or
anomalies can be analyzed.
Health Monitoring--Policy Server provides health monitoring components
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