How to unprotect pages with query strings in the URL?

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On

Issue/Introduction

Description:

Customer would like to exclude protection for following paths:

/connection/webconn?pagexy=AA_CHGPWD
/connection/webconn?pagexy=BB_STATORD
/connection/webconn?pagexy=CC_HELP

Solution:

Make use of unprotected realm.
Create a new unprotected realm for your URI.

For example:
In your realm properties dialog box, specified following in Resource Filter
'/connection/webconn?pagexy=AA_CHGPWD'
then tick the check box "Unprotected".

In this realm, do not specify any rule for it.

This will exclude the path from being protected by SiteMinder.

Environment

Release:
Component: SMPLC