Basic Authentication
The Basic Authentication policy resource provides options that you can configure when you set up a basic authentication security policy.
General
The General section has the following fields.
Field | Description |
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Package | The name to be displayed as the label of the policy resource package. |
Name | The name of the policy resource. |
Description | A short description of the policy resource. |
Service Provider Details
The service provider that you select authenticates username and password credentials. The Service Provider Details section has the following fields.
Field | Description |
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Select Authentication Type | Select a way to authenticate user credentials:
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LDAP Resource | Create a LDAP Authentication resource, or specify an existing LDAP Authentication resource. The Basic Authentication policy references the LDAP Authentication resource that you select. |
XML File Resource | Create a XML Authentication resource, or specify an existing XML Authentication resource. The Basic Authentication policy references the XML Authentication resource that you select. For creating an XML file manually, refer to Create XML File for Credentials. |
Field | Description |
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Authorization by Role | Select the checkbox to enable the following fields:
For more information, see XML Authentication. |
Permit | Select the radio button to authorize the specific roles specified in the Roles table. |
Deny | Select the radio button to deny the specific roles specified in the Roles table. |
Roles | Add or remove roles to which authorization access is allowed or denied.
For XML Authentication, groups are defined in an XMLUsers.xml file under group-mapping tag in the XML Authentication shared resource. For LDAP Authentication, groups are defined under the Users and Groups tab of the LDAP Authentication shared resource. Roles are case-sensitive. To sort roles in alphabetical order click the Roles header. To add roles, click the Add button. Add roles by clicking a last empty row. To remove roles, click Delete button. To move roles, click Move button. Note: When you select the
Permit or
Deny options, it is mandatory to add roles.
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