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Security Adapter Authentication

An authentication system is a data store that holds the information that allows the user to connect to a data source or to a server component. This information usually includes a database account and a Siebel user ID. The authentication system resides outside of the server database.

Guidelines for Using a Security Adapter

To authenticate a synchronization session for a remote client, Siebel Remote can use a security adapter. A security adapter is a plug-in to the authentication manager. To retrieve the Siebel user ID, the security adapter uses credentials from a database account and, optionally, a set of roles from the authentication system. The user enters these credentials or an authentication service provides them.

If you use a security adapter, then consider the following guidelines:

• You can use the following parameters:
  • Security Adapter Mode. Specifies the type of authentication for the security adapter.
  • Security Adapter Name. Specifies the name of the security adapter profile, which is the named subsystem.

    You can set these parameters for a Siebel Enterprise, a Siebel Server, or for a server component. Any setting that you make at a lower level, such as at the component level, overrides any setting that you make at a higher level, such as the enterprise level. If you must set these parameters at the component level for use with synchronization, then you set them in the Synchronization Manager server component. For more information, see About the Siebel Enterprise and the Siebel Enterprise Server.

• The Synchronization Manager server component accepts requests for synchronization and manages the synchronization session. It delivers credentials to the security adapter and receives the server database credentials of the user from the security adapter.
• Siebel Remote does not support Web Single Sign On for synchronization.
• You can use the same directory or different directories for synchronization authentication and for authentication with other data sources or server components.

For more information, see Synchronization Validation and Siebel Security Guide.