What is the meaning of the KeyMarker 1, 2, 3 and 4 from the Keys data ?

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• AXIOMATICS POLICY SERVER
• CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On Federation (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

When we export the Keys from the Key Store, we see those values :

  objectclass: AgentKey
  Oid: 1b-00050a79-d3ff-1a3b-93fd-00017f000000
  KeyMarker: 4
  Key: {RC2}iQOfZDDkfjRMJXbJ4X0BbCX0nbcR3vmzCAlwQutMcH80X3PrmQbk5dIX5jfn/bg3

  objectclass: AgentKey
  Oid: 1b-0005067f-d3ff-1a3b-93fd-00017f000000
  KeyMarker: 1
  Key: {RC2}p384zg5AIMO1zE2CTXOI81qO3hM/FJ30tgw82aoX4JhP6bZ5lqmWVj7IScWJZ295

  objectclass: AgentKey
  Oid: 1b-00050a76-d3ff-1a3b-93fd-00017f000000
  KeyMarker: 2
  Key: {RC2}RogdW6gq9o8QUM5rGlc3iHS+LY2M2Wz7j2+2zzYlSv0qArNU3j5fLNCfHI0UxWGp

  objectclass: AgentKey
  Oid: 1b-00050a78-d3ff-1a3b-93fd-00017f000000
  KeyMarker: 3
  Key: {RC2}5SXj8EAtkKIBF952L1NqQfjElMPOWd/4FNsx0YiOaidkLDmfjSw/3znlmKzIUFOK

Do the KeyMarker value correspond to the keys we see in the Web Agent logs ?

  [1267/2883577600][Thu Jan 30 2020
  10:52:55][CSmAdminManager.cpp:853][INFO][sm-AgentFramework-00320]
  ADMIN: Received key update attribute 'KEY_UPDATE_PERSISTENT'.

  [1267/2883577600][Thu Jan 30 2020
  10:52:55][CSmAdminManager.cpp:804][INFO][sm-AgentFramework-00320]
  ADMIN: Received key update attribute 'KEY_UPDATE_LAST'.

  [1267/2883577600][Thu Jan 30 2020
  10:52:55][CSmAdminManager.cpp:828][INFO][sm-AgentFramework-00320]
  ADMIN: Received key update attribute 'KEY_UPDATE_CURRENT'.

  [1267/2883577600][Thu Jan 30 2020
  10:52:55][CSmAdminManager.cpp:778][INFO][sm-AgentFramework-00320]
  ADMIN: Received key update attribute 'KEY_UPDATE_NEXT'.

Environment

Policy Server all versions

Resolution

The KeyMarker definitions are:

  1 - Last
  2 - Current
  3 - Next
  4 - Persistent

So the corresponding table applies :

  | KeyMarker  | Value | AgentKey log tag      |
  |------------+-------+-----------------------|
  | Last       |     1 | KEY_UPDATE_LAST       |
  | Current    |     2 | KEY_UPDATE_CURRENT    |
  | Next       |     3 | KEY_UPDATE_NEXT       |
  | Persistent |     4 | KEY_UPDATE_PERSISTENT |