CA Access Gateway 12.8 Backward Compatibility with Policy Server

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

Is CA Access Gateway (SPS) 12.8 backward compatible with 12.52 Policy Server?

 

Environment

CA Access Gateway SPS (Secure Proxy server) 12.8.x;
Policy Server 12.52.

 

Resolution

No. CA Access Gateway (SPS) 12.8 requires a 12.8 Policy Server.

 

Additional Information

It is supported to connect a 12.8 CA Access Gateway (SPS) to a 12.8 Policy Server that is using a 12.52 Policy Store.

In such environment, CA Access Gateway (SPS) will be limited to 12.52 functionality.