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RSA ClearT rust Ready Implement ation Guide For A pplica tion Serv er s Last Modified 2/19/02 1. Partner Information Partner Nam e SilverStream W eb Site www.s ilver str eam .c om Product Nam e eXtend Application Ser ver Version & Platf orm 3.75 Product Desc ription SilverStream eXtend Application Server provides the m ost com plete foundation [...]
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3. Product Requir ements Component Description Operating system One of the f ollowing: § W indows NT W ork station or W indows NT Server 4.0 or higher with Service Pack 3 or higher Service Pack 6a or later is r ecomm ended for Y2K com pliance. You must have Ser vice Pack 5 or later to run the server on a m achine not connec ted to a network. § W [...]
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4. Product Confi guration The goal of this Implem entation Guide is to ex plai n how ClearTrust and SilverStr eam eXtend Applic ation Server 3.75 can be integrated. It ex plains how to use ClearTrus t as a single sign-on produc t and to secure pages and other objec ts on a SilverStream Application Server. It is as sumed that the r eader has both pr[...]
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This integration supports the use either Microsoft’s IIS web server or Sun’s iPlanet web server (f orm erly Netscape’s) . Microsof t’s W eb ser ver (IIS 4.0) was used for testing and certific ation purposes A . Configure the WSI module : There ar e numerous references within this document to the ‘W SI’ or ‘W SI module’. T his item c[...]
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B. Changed priority of Cl earTrust ISA PI Filter. By default, the Clear Trust web plugin ISAPI f ilter installs at a LOW priority and the SilverStream W SI module ISAPI f ilter installs at a MEDIUM pr iority . In order f or ClearTrus t to authorize SilverStream us ers, its ISAPI filter has to load at a higher priority. In order to mak e sure this h[...]
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the MMC, right-clic k your W SI directory and select Properties . On the Directory tab, disable Read and Writ e access permissions and make sure Execut e permissions are enabled . 13. Select the m achine/host nam e, right-click and choose Proper ties, then click Edit to edit "Master Proper ties", choose ISAPI Filters and then add the post[...]
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D. Protect Silv erStream resources SilverStream resources are protected via Clear T rust by proxy ing content through the IIS ser ver running both the RSA ClearTr ust IIS web plug-in and the SilverStream IIS W SI m odule. Because of this , y ou will need to secure the Silver Stream s erver so that users cannot connect directly to it. This c an be d[...]
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1. Start the ClearT rust Services. 2. Verify that the web server is started and that the Clear Trust plug as well as s ingle sign on was succ essfully initialized. 3. Start the SilverStream application ser ver. 4. Check the AgW SI log file to verif y that the W SI m odule started without errors. 5. Start the ClearT rust Entitlem ents Manager or W e[...]
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Example ClearTrust Logon W hen a us er mak es a request f or a protected res ource that resides on the Silver Stream Application server, they will be prompted with a Login Screen: After the us er succes sfully authenticates, they will be directed to the reques ted page: Page: 9[...]
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5. Certification Checklist for A pplication Servers Date Test ed: 01/31/02 Product Tested Version RSA ClearTr ust 4.6.1.1 SilverStream eXtend Application Server 3.75 Developer Edition W SI Module (agis api.dll) 1.0 Microsof t Internet Inform ation Server (IIS) 4.0 Test Case Result Web/Presen tation JSP Acces s/Allow on unprotected JSP page Pass Acc[...]
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6. Know n Issues · Clear Trust IIS plug in priority. The ClearT rust IIS filters should alway s load firs t, before any other filter s. In order to m ake sur e this happens, include the following line in the ClearT rust plugins default.c onf file located on the IIS m achine: s ecurecontrol.plugin.iis .priority =HIGH This line can be added any wher[...]