| Oracle® Access Manager Integration Guide 10g (10.1.4.2) Part Number E10356-01 |
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| Oracle® Access Manager Integration Guide 10g (10.1.4.2) Part Number E10356-01 |
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This section introduces new features of Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1) and provides pointers to additional information in this book. New features information from previous releases is also retained to help those users migrating to the current release.
The following sections describe the new features and changes in Oracle Access Manager that are described in this book:
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For a comprehensive list of new features and functions in Oracle Access Manager 10g (10.1.4.0.1), and a description of where each is documented, see the chapter on What's New in Oracle Access Manager in the Oracle Access Manager Introduction.The original product name, Oblix NetPoint, has changed to Oracle Access Manager. Most component names remain the same. However, there are several important changes that you should know about, as shown in the following table:
All legacy references in the product or documentation should be understood to connote the new names.
New integrations are supported for 10g (10.1.4.0.1).
The introduction describes supported integrations for 10g (10.1.4.0.1).
An overview of supported integrations is provided for quick reference. All other chapters in this guide describe implementation details for a specific integration.
See Also:
Chapter 1, "Introduction".This guide now provides information on integrating with Oracle HTTP Server.
Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) is a Web server extension that identifies Oracle Access Manager Web components that communicate with the OHS.
This guide now provides information on integrating with Oracle Virtual Directory.
The Oracle Virtual Directory combines user data from multiple data sources to create an aggregated virtual directory.
This guide now provides information on integrating with Oracle Identity Management.
Oracle Identity Management enables provisioning and de-provisioning of user accounts and other IT resources.
You can configure single sign-on between the Access System and the OracleAS Single Sign-On server.
The updated chapter provides information on configuring single sign-on between Oracle Access Manager and Oracle Application Server 10g (OracleAS 10g).
When you configure single sign-on you also provide identity management functionality across the Web-based applications running on Oracle Application Servers, for example, Oracle e-Business Suite, Oracle Forms, Portals, and other Access System-protected resources.
Included in this new version is information about the OHS WebGate. Apache WebGate information has been removed.
Information is also provided on configuring an integration with an older version of OracleAS Single Sign-On (10.1.2.0.2).
You can authorize users by querying external authentication systems. This is known as federated authorization.
When the Access System at a Service Provider site receives a request from a user in a federated environment, it may need to get additional information about the user from the user's Identity Provider. You can configure the Access System to query external Identity Providers for user authorization.
Information on configuration of this integration has been updated.
This chapter has been updated for completeness and accuracy.
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"Integrating Siebel 7".The SAP integration now supports SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0.
This chapter now explains how SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 can be protected by the Access System.
Information has been updated for completeness.
Information has been updated for completeness.
Information in this chapter has been updated.
The integration with WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 4 is deprecated in this release.
The information in this chapter for WAS 5 and 6 has been updated for accuracy and completeness.
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Chapter 11, "Integrating with IBM WebSphere".Note that the most recent version of Plumtree Corporate Portal is now known as BEA Aqualogic Interaction.
The previous integration with Plumtree Corporate Portal is supported and documented in this release.
This document now contains information on integrating with Oracle Identity Management. Oracle Identity Management is a secure enterprise provisioning system that streamlines the creation and management of user accounts and revocation of user access rights and privileges.
The integration of Oracle Access Manager with Oracle Identity Management provides a secure Web-based infrastructure for identity management for all customer applications and processes.
In a Windows environment, all processes and threads execute in a security context. Impersonation is the ability of a thread to execute in a security context that is different from that of the process that owns the thread.
The information on configuring Windows Impersonation with the Access System has been moved from the Oracle Access Manager Access System Administration Guide to this book.
Lotus Domino is a server platform for messaging, collaboration, and applications.
The information on configuring single sign-on with Lotus Domino has been moved from the Oracle Access Manager Access System Administration Guide to this book.
