Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 Release Notes
About Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2
What's New About Web Agents in This Release
Support for Fetching User Session Attributes
Policy-Based Response Attributes
Additional Method for Fetching the REMOTE_USER Server Variable
Malicious Header Attributes Automatically Cleared by Agents
Support for Heterogeneous Agent Types on the Same Machine
Support for Turning Off FQDN Mapping
Web Agents and Backward Compatibility With Access Manager 6.3
What's New About J2EE Agents in This Release
Removal of Dependencies on LDAP and on Administrative Accounts
Coexistence With Access Manager
Support for Client Identification Based on Custom HTTP Headers
Agent Specific Application for Housekeeping Tasks
Support for Flexible User Mapping Mechanisms
Support for Fetching User Session Attributes (J2EE Agents)
Support for Not-Enforced IP Lists
Support for Custom Response Headers
Support for Application Logout Integration
Support for Application Specific Agent Filter Operation Modes
Support for Affinity-Based Login URL Selection
Support for a Sample Application
J2EE Agents and Backward Compatibility With Access Manager 6.3
Policy Agent 2.2-05 Update Release
Web Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-05 Update Release
Key Fixes and Enhancements in the Policy Agent 2.2-05 Update Release
Web agent behind load balancer now evaluates request against not-enforced client IP list (6915959)
Wildcard (*) support is added for not-enforced client IP list (6903850)
Web agents can map LDAP attributes to more than one HTTP header (6937504)
NSS libraries are upgraded to version 3.12.3 (6870161)
New properties for POST data preservation (6891373)
Known Issues in the Policy Agent 2.2-05 Update Release
In cookie hijacking mode, logout request hangs (6894077)
Policy Agent 2.2-04 Update Release
Web Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-04 Update Release
Key Fixes and Enhancements in the Policy Agent 2.2-04 Update Release
Web agents have changes in the path info related properties (6854806)
NSS and NSPR libraries are bundled with web agents on Solaris and Linux systems (6794995)
Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Java EE Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Patch IDs for Java EE Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Web Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Patch IDs for Web Agents in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Web Agents: Key Fixes and Enhancements in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update
IIS 6.0 agent supports POST data preservation (6735280)
Web Proxy Server 4.0 agent can send GET request without header (6787007)
Web agents libxml2.so library is upgraded (6817868)
Not-enforced POST requests can be accessed in CDSSO mode (6789020)
Web agent can handle new Access Manager 7.1 policy advices (6785022)
IIS 6.0 agent supports agent URL override functionality (6829880)
Web Agents: Known Issues in the Policy Agent 2.2-03 Update Release
Agent for Apache HTTP Server 2.0.x on IBM AIX 5.3 requires bos.rte.libc fileset upgrade
NSPR libraries need to be upgraded to version 4.7.0
Version 2.2-02 agent for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.3 fails to start on Linux 5.0
Policy Agent 2.2-02 Update Release
Policy Agent 2.2-02 Update For Web Agents
New Certifications and Support Added in 2.2-02 Web Agents
Large File Support For Apache 2.0 Agent
New Platform Support for 2.2-02 Web Agents
Policy Agent 2.2-02 Update For J2EE Agents
New Platform Support for 2.2-02 J2EE Agents
Key Fixes and Enhancements in the Policy Agent 2.2-02 Update
J2EE policy agent fails to log when the log action is LOG_DENY (6729386)
Performance issue resolved for policy agent (6768406)
For web agents, sunwMethod parameter is removed from the URL in CDSSO mode (6725383)
Composite advice can be included in the query instead of through a POST request (6676032)
Apache 2.0 agent supports additional HTTP methods for a Subversion repository (6647805)
For web agents, support is added to adjust the policy clock skew (6608463)
Policy Agent 2.2-01 Update Release
Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents
Determining the Version of a Policy Agent 2.2 Web Agent
Key Fixes and Enhancements in Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents
Request for specific session attributes to be populated in HTTP headers (6409146)
Web agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release fail with Access Manager 6.3 (6490037)
Disabling Internet Explorer pop up when protocol changes from HTTP to HTTPS (6532260)
Program Database (.pdb) files should be part of agent binaries to help in debugging issues (6581272)
Other Additions to Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents
The Key New Properties Added for Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents
Property Added: com.sun.am.tcp_nodelay.enable
Property Added: com.sun.am.cookie.secure
Property Made Available: com.sun.am.replaypasswd.key
Property Added: com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.encode_url_special_chars.enable
Property Made Available: com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.no_child_thread_activation_delay
Properties Made Available for Microsoft Office SharePoint and Outlook Web Access
Access Manager and Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents: Allowing Requests Using Non-Standard HTTP Methods
Supported HTTP Methods of Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2-01
Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents: Newly Supported HTTP Methods
Policy Agent 2.2-01 Web Agents: Support for INVALID Methods
Policy Agent 2.2-01 J2EE Agents
Determining the Version of a Policy Agent 2.2 J2EE Agent
Key Fixes and Enhancements in Policy Agent 2.2-01 J2EE Agents
The Key New Properties Added for Policy Agent 2.2-01 J2EE Agents
Property Made Available: com.sun.identity.enableUniqueSSOTokenCookie
Policy Agent 2.2: Problem Accessing Identities With IBM WebSphere Administration Console
Policy Agent 2.2-01: Overview of Fix for IBM WebSphere Administration Console Access Problem
Supported Servers in Policy Agent 2.2
Understanding Server and Operating System Support for Policy Agent 2.2
Web Agents and Minor Version Support of Servers and Operating Systems
J2EE Agents and Minor Version Support of Servers and Operating Systems
Supported Servers for Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Supported Servers for J2EE Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Compatibility With Access Manager and OpenSSO Enterprise
Installation Notes for Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Uninstallation Script for Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Installation Notes for J2EE Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Using the agentadmin Program with J2EE Agents
All Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
Individual Policy Agent 2.2 Guides Do Not Describe Precautions Against Cookie Hijacking
Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
All Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
On UNIX-based machines, all web agents require that the X11 DISPLAY variable be set properly.
A harmless error message appears in the web agent log files (6334519)
Web agent log entries are written to the wrong files (6301676)
Web Servers often cannot interpret hyphens used in header names
Error message issued during installation of Policy Agent 2.2 on Linux systems
Policy Agent 2.2 for Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 (Microsoft IIS 6.0)
When a specific environment variable is not properly set, the system might fail (6433790)
J2EE Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
All J2EE Agents in Policy Agent 2.2
A harmless error message appears in the J2EE agent log files (6301668)
Resources accessed with Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 can result in 404 Not Found Error (6362249)
Harmless error messages related to JAX-RPC appear in the J2EE agent debug files (6325238)
Exceptions thrown when Access Manager uses polling with a J2EE agent (6452320)
J2EE agent installation prompts do not allow responses with leading or trailing spaces (6452708)
The first use of a resource protected by a declarative constraint results in a misdirect
Policy Agent 2.2 for Sun Java System Application Server 8.1
Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache Tomcat 5.5 Servlet/JSP Container
Policy Agent 2.2 for IBM WebSphere Application Server
The agentadmin --install command fails on Agent for IBM WebSphere Application Server (6385085)
Settings for CLASPATH variable are lost after agentadmin command is issued (6653936)
Policy Agent 2.2 for Oracle Application Server 10g
The sample application requires editing to work properly (6486895)
Policy Agent 2.2 documentation should reference OpenSSO (6857941)
Deprecation Notifications and Announcements
This section describes some of the key points of the installation, configuration, and uninstallation for Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2. Information about installation is divided by agent type as follows:
See also Policy Agent 2.2 documentation should reference OpenSSO (6857941).
While the functionality of web agents has increased considerably for this release, the installation, post-installation configuration, and uninstallation processes have not changed significantly from the 2.1 release. The following section points out a change in the name of the uninstallation script. Changes in the installation and uninstallation process tend to be along this scale. See the individual web agent guides for detailed information. For a current list of the individual web agent guides, see Supported Servers and Documentation of Web Agents in Policy Agent 2.2 in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User’s Guide.
The uninstallation script name for web agents in the 2.2 release has a different suffix for each web container. The suffix is a short name for the web container. For example, the following is the uninstallation script name for Agent for Sun Java System Web Server 6.1:
uninstall_agent_es6
The installation and uninstallation processes for this release have changed dramatically. However, the post-installation configuration has not changed as much. For this release, the installation and uninstallation processes rely heavily on the agentadmin program. The directory structure of J2EE agents has also changed significantly. This section briefly describes these aspects of J2EE agents. See the individual J2EE agent guides for detailed information. For a current list of individual J2EE agent guides, see Supported Servers and Documentation of J2EE Agents in Policy Agent 2.2 in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User’s Guide.
The agentadmin program is a required tool for the 2.2 release of J2EE agents. The most basic of tasks, such as installation and uninstallation can only be performed with this program.
This section lists the tasks you can perform with this program. Moreover, this section lists the specific options you need to issue with the agentadmin command to accomplish each task:
All agent installation and uninstallation is achieved with the agentadmin command.
All tasks performed by the agentadmin program, except those involving uninstallation, require the acceptance of a license agreement. This agreement is only presented the first time you use the program.
The following table lists options that can be used with the agentadmin command and gives a brief description of the specific task initiated by the option.
Table 8 The agentadmin Command: Supported Options
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Agent instance information is stored in its own directory at the following location:
PolicyAgent-base/AgentInstance-Dir
where PolicyAgent-base represents the directory where a J2EE agent is installed
and where AgentInstance-Dir refers to an agent instance directory and represents the directory for a specific instance of a J2EE agent.
The following task is a required post-installation step.
Deploy the URI for the agent application using the deployment container, such as the application server.
The agent application is a housekeeping application used by the agent for notifications and other internal functionality. This application is bundled with the agent binaries.
This is a conditional post-installation step that must be performed when a J2EE agent is installed on an deployment container instance where Access Manager has already been installed. Note that Access Manager should be installed prior to the agent being installed.