DMS_CONFIG reference found in SDK Custom code with Policy Server

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

Reviewing old SDK Custom code found when running a Policy Server, and noticing there are some mentions about DMS as

<Instance id="DMS_CONFIG">
      <properties     
          DMS_AGENT_NAME="<name>" 
          DMS_AGENT_SECRET_KEY="<key>" 
          DMS_RESOURCE="<login>" 
          DMS_ID="<user>" 
          DMS_PWD="<password>" 
          DMS_CONTEXT="<context>"

What is this related to?

 

Resolution

DMS stands for an external product called:

Delegated Management Services (DMS)

This is a Broadcom product, which some sites use to maintain user entries in a Directory.

It supports self-registration, self-service profile management and help desk functionality.

DMS2 has been superseded by a new product called Identity Manager.

Find more information about the DMS API and the details in the SDK documentation itself (1)(2).

 

Additional Information

 

1. DMS Workflow API in C
   
   
2. Delegated Management Services API