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?
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.