Client Detection

An initial step in the authentication process is to identify the type of client making the HTTP(S) request. This OpenSSO Enterprise feature is known as client detection. The URL information is used to retrieve the client's characteristics. Based on these characteristics, the appropriate authentication pages are returned. For example, when a Netscape browser is used to request a web page, OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 displays an HTML login page. Once the user is validated, the client type ( Netscape browser) is added to the session token. The attributes defined in the Client Detection service are global attributes.

• Default Client Type

• Client Detection Class

• Enable Client Detection

Default Client Type

This attribute defines the default client type derived from the list of client types in the Client Types attribute. The default is genericHTML.

Client Detection Class

This attribute defines the client detection class for which all client detection requests are routed. The string returned by this attribute should match one of the client types listed in the Client Types attribute. The default client detection class is com.sun.mobile.cdm.FEDIClientDetector. OpenSSO Enterprise also contains com.iplanet.services.cdm.ClientDetectionDefaultImpl .

Enable Client Detection

Enables client detection. If client detection is enabled (default), every request is routed thought the class specified in the Client Detection Class attribute. By default, the client detection capability is enabled. If this attribute is not selected, OpenSSO Enterprise assumes that the client is genericHTML and will be accessed from a HTML browser.