How to prevent web agent from creating new sessions
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How to prevent web agent from creating new sessions

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Article ID: 280949

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Updated On: 03-20-2024

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SITEMINDER CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder) CA Single Sign On Federation (SiteMinder) CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)

Issue/Introduction

In environments in which some web agents are not expected to perform authentications, is it possible to prevent these web agent instances from creating new sessions?

Resolution

Yes.  By setting the various web agent file type extensions to null values, the web agent is effectively prevented from creating any new sessions.  This allows the agent to still perform validations and authorizations.

Edit the Agent Configuration Object (ACO) for the web agents for which you want to disable new authentications.  Set the following 6 parameter to blank values:
SACExt
FCCExt 
SFCCExt
SCCExt
NTCExt
KCCExt

If a Cookie Provider is not being used, also set the following ACO parameter to a blank value:
CCCExt

With these settings in place the web agent is unable to perform any new authentications while all other functionality is unaffected.