Specifying A Target; Blocking Access To The Wsdl Services Page - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - IDENTITY SERVER Manual

2.7.2 Specifying a Target

You need to specify a target for the following conditions:
You want to direct the users to a specific URL after the users log in to the Identity Server.
You do not want users to have access to the User Portal page.
Use one of the following methods to specify the target:
Specify a Target in the URL: You can have your users access the Identity Server with a URL
that contains the desired target. For example:
https://<domain.com>:8443/nidp/app?target=http://www.novell.com
where <domain.com> is the DNS name of your Identity Server. In this example, the users
would end up at the Novell Web site after logging in.
Specify a Hidden Target on your Form: If you have your own login form to collect
credentials and are posting these credentials to the Identity Server, you can add a hidden target
to your login form. When authentication succeeds, the user is directed to this target URL. This
entry on your form should look similar to the following:
<input type="hidden" target="http://www.novell.com">
These methods work only when the user's request is for the
redirected authentication request for a protected resource, the protected resource is the target and
cannot be changed.

2.7.3 Blocking Access to the WSDL Services Page

Users can access the WSDL services page when they enter the base URL of the Identity Server in
their browsers with the path to the Services page. For example, if your base URL is http://
bfrei.provo.novell.com:8080/nidp, the users can access the services page with the following URL:
http://bfrei.provo.novell.com:8080/nidp/services
The Services page contains the following information and links:
. If the user's request is a
/nidp/app
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