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The goal of the following document is to explain how to improve the Linux Access Gateway server performance and stability by including all attributes referenced by protected resource policies in a SAML assertion sent at authentication time.

In large production environments, it is commonplace to overload the Access Gateway to the point where utilization and server performance are negatively impacted. This document describes how attribute maps and SAML assertions can be used to significantly reduce traffic between Novell Access Manager Identity Servers and Access Gateways.

By understanding and taking advantage of some enhancements to Access Manager beginning with the release of 3.1 Support Pack 1 Interim Release 2, a lot of unnecessary work can be offloaded from the Access Gateway, improving performance, stability and the user experience.

One of the great features of Novell Access Manager is the integrated single sign-on capability from Microsoft Active Directory (AD) domain member workstations. Through the use of Kerberos and the Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO), the Access Manager Identity Server (IdS) can seamlessly authenticate a Windows desktop.

In this AppNote, Bart Andries explains how to configure SSO securely, with a combination of the NMAS Toolkit and his custom Java Data Injection module.

SSLVPN – KIOSK mode connection fails when trying to use a https connection. With a http connection it is working fine. Here is a solution from Shashikala BV.

Find out how you can add the OpenID authentication capability to your Novell Access Manager. The OpenID authentication is implemented as an Authentication Class of NAM and will work on Novell AccessManager version 3.1 SP1 IR1 or later.

This authentication class provides the OpenID authentication capabilities to Novell AccessManager. This class has the capabilities of LDAP Attribute mapping and auto provisioning of LDAP attribute for mapping the OpenID user with the AccessManager local user. When such mapping is done, Access Manager authorization policies can be applied for OpenID users.