Basic Authentication

The Basic Authentication policy resource provides options you can configure when you set up a basic authentication security policy.

General

The General section has the following fields.

Field	Description
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.

The service provider you select authenticates user name and password credentials. The Service Provider Details section has the following fields.

Authentication Tab
Field	Description
Select Authentication Type	Select a way to authenticate user credentials: LDAP Authentication XML File Authentication
LDAP Resource	Create a new LDAP Authentication resource, or specify an existing LDAP Authentication resource. The Basic Authentication policy references the LDAP Authentication resource you select.
XML File Resource	Create a new XML Authentication resource, or specify an existing XML Authentication resource. The Basic Authentication policy references the XML Authentication resource you select.

Authorization Tab
Field	Description
Authorization by Role	Select the check box to enable the following fields: Radio buttons: Permit and Deny Roles section. 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 add roles, click the Add button. Add roles by clicking on a last empty row. To remove roles, click Delete button. Note: When you select the Permit or Deny options, it is mandatory to add roles.