Incognito mode and Windows Authentication lead to basic popup in 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

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?
   
   
2. SSO is not working Chrome Incognito in Version 81.0.4044.92
   
   
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