Accessing Incognito mode Windows Authentication basic popup Web Agent

Products

• CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder)
• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

 

When running Web Agent, when user accesses a site protected with
Windows Authentication Scheme, if the browser is used in Private Mode
(Incognito), then the browser receives a popup.

 

Resolution

 

At first glance, this is a browser issue, and depending the browser
version, there are parameters to activate to have Windows
Authentication working on Firefox (1), Chrome (2) and Edge (3).

 

Additional Information

 

(1)

    How to enable SSO when using private mode in Firefox?

      Actually you can enable the SSO in Firefox private mode by setting
      "network.auth.private-browsing-sso" to true (along with the regular
      settings you do in normal mode).

    https://superuser.com/questions/1374835/how-to-enable-sso-when-using-private-mode-in-firefox

(2)

    SSO is not working Chrome Incognito in Version 81.0.4044.92

      Open chrome, in address bar open: chrome://flags/ and at search option
      for flag, search for “Enable Ambient Authentication in Incognito mode”
      flag and change it from ‘Default’ to ‘Enabled’. Then ‘relaunch’ the
      chrome. This resolved the credential pop-up issue for Chrome.

    https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/38855209/sso-is-not-working-chrome-incognito-in-version-81-0-4044-92?hl=en

(3)

    Ambient Authentication has been added to Edge for InPrivate and Guest sessions

      Enable Ambient Authentication in InPrivate mode

      Enables ambient authentication in InPrivate mode. This flag may be
      overriden by policies. – Mac, Windows

      #enable-ambient-authentication-in-incognitoEnabled

      In Edge76, Edge18, and Firefox, running the browser in InPrivate
      mode disables automatic Integrated Windows Authentication.

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/ambient-authentication-has-been-added-to-edge-for-inprivate-and/m-p/1205120