Authentication Mode supported by SAML authentication

Products

• Advanced Secure Gateway Software - ASG
• ProxySG Software - SGOS

Issue/Introduction

Users are not redirected to AD FS to get prompted for username and password when accessing the Internet. 

Users are not able to access the Internet.

Cause

The default SAML authentication mode is origin-cookie-redirect, because SAML requires redirects.

 

Environment

1. Transparent Deployment

2. SAML authentication is configured based on How to configure SAML authentication on the ProxySG with AD FS HOWTO127109

Resolution

Configure the Authentication Mode of the Web Authentication layer for SAML authentication to origin-cookie-redirect.