Subjects

A subject specifies, by implication, the user or collection of users that the policy affects.

You can implement custom subjects by using the Policy APIs. You can assign the following subjects to policies:

Access Manger Roles

The roles you create and manage under the Realms Subject tab can be added as a value of the subject.

Access Manager Identity

The identities you create and manage under the Realms Subject tab can be added as a value of the subject.

Authenticated Users

Any user with a valid SSOToken is a member of this subject. All authenticated users would be member of this Subject, even if they have authenticated to a realm that is different from the realm in which the policy is defined.

LDAP Groups

Any member of an LDAP group can be added as a value of this subject.

LDAP Roles

Any LDAP role can be added as a value of this subject. An LDAP Role is any role definition that uses the Sun Java System Directory Server role capability. These roles have object classes mandated by Directory Server role definition. The LDAP Role Search filter can be modified in the Policy Configuration Service to narrow the scope and improve performance.

LDAP Users

Any LDAP user can be added as a value of this subject.

Organization

Any realm can be added as a value of this subject

Web Services Clients

Valid values are the DNs of trusted certificates in the local JKS keystore, which corresponds to the certificates of trusted web service clients (WSCs). A WSC identified by the SSOToken is a member of this subject, if the DN of any principal contained in the SSOToken matches any selected value of this subject. This subject has dependency on the Access Manager implementation of the Liberty Alliance Project Identity Web Services Framework and should be used only by web service providers to authorize WSCs.