Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide

Agent Authenticator

An agent authenticator is a type of agent that, once it is authenticated, can obtain the read-only data of agent profiles of any type (policy, security or token) for purposes of authenticating the agent. The agent profiles must be defined in the Agent Authenticator profile and exist in the same realm. Users that have the Agent Authenticator's username and password can read agent profile data, but do not have the create, update, or delete permissions of the Agent Administrator.