OPTIONS request to an .fcc page

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On

Issue/Introduction

We're running a Web Agent, and when user tries to reach the page :

  https://test.test.com/siteminderagent/forms/login.fcc/test

with OPTIONS as browser action, then the browser recieves return
code 500.

How can we fix this ?

Environment

Web Agent 12.52SP1CR09 on Apache on Linux

Cause

We see in the Web Agent traces that the method isn't supported yet.

WebAgent.log 

1. [08/23/2018][16:40:52][2728][2568][CSmHttpPlugin.cpp:698] 
[CSmHttpPlugin::ProcessResource][000080fe00000000c4dc8c3459a112a4- 
0aa8-5b7ec774-0a08-032f1343][*10.31.160.20][][Swa2Agent][/cred/mycustom.fcc][][Autoauthorizing 
URL : 
'http://myserver2.mydomain.com:20000/cred/mycustom.fcc? 
TYPE=33554433&REALMOID=06-3be1fb2a-f836-455a-8e26-c42038643b71&GUID= 
&SMAUTHREASON=0&METHOD=GET&SMAGENTNAME=MJu6EPmFcGcYim0A1NAJTs2SmAyxB 
9SZboxNRCzXw2zH29nGYvLJZ0C1yDmcwOcO&TARGET=-SM-HTTP%3A%2F%2Fmyserver.mydomain.com%3A10000%2Fmyapp' 
, Method: 'OPTIONS' ] 
2. [08/23/2018][16:40:52][2728][2568][CSmHttpPlugin.cpp:8792] 
[CSmHttpPlugin::ProcessAdvancedAuthResource][000080fe00000000c4dc8c3459a112a4- 
0aa8-5b7ec774-0a08-032f1343][][][][][][HTTP 
method options not supported in Advanced Auth]

Resolution

To get the possibilty to access a .fcc resource with Options actions, 
please open an Idea on the Security page. 

  1. Go to the "All Ideas" page :
     https://community.broadcom.com/ideation/allideas
  2. Click on the "Add" button.
  3. In the "Select categories...", select "Layer7 Access Management".
  4. Write a title in the "title" box.
  5. Write a complete description of the Enahcement Request or
     Certification you'd like to post.
  6. Click on "Save" to get the Idea submitted !