About This Guide - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - IDENTITY SERVER Manual

About This Guide

This guide describes the following features of the Access Manager Identity Server:
Chapter 1, "Configuring an Identity Server," on page 13
Chapter 2, "Configuring Local Authentication," on page 75
Chapter 3, "Configuring Advanced Local Authentication Procedures," on page 105
Chapter 4, "Defining Shared Settings," on page 133
Chapter 5, "Configuring SAML and Liberty Trusted Providers," on page 141
Chapter 6, "Configuring CardSpace," on page 167
Chapter 7, "Configuring WS Federation," on page 187
Chapter 8, "Configuring User Identification Methods for Federation," on page 209
Chapter 9, "Configuring Communication Profiles," on page 219
Chapter 10, "Configuring Liberty Web Services," on page 223
Chapter 11, "Maintaining an Identity Server," on page 247
Chapter 12, "Troubleshooting the Identity Server and Authentication," on page 275
This guide is intended to help you understand and configure all of the features provided by the
Identity Server, and includes advanced topics.
It is recommended that you first become familiar with the information in the
3.1 SP1 Setup Guide, which helps you understand how to perform a basic Identity Server
configuration, set up a resource protected by an Access Gateway, and configure SSL.
The setup guide and this guide are designed to work together, and important information and setup
steps are not always repeated in both places.
Audience
This guide is intended for Access Manager administrators. It is assumed that you have knowledge of
evolving Internet protocols, such as:
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) digital signature concepts and Internet security
Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TSL)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP and HTTPS)
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
Domain Name System (DNS)
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
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