This guide describes the features of Novell® Access Manager, including:
This administration guide is intended to help you understand and configure all of the features provided by Access Manager, and includes advanced topics.
It is recommended that you first become familiar with the information in the Novell Access Manager 3.0 SP4 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 basic setup and the administration guides are designed to work together, and important information and setup steps are not necessarily repeated in both places.
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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For the most recent version of the Access Manager Administration Guide, visit the Novell Access Manager Documentation Web site.
Before proceeding, you should be familiar with the Novell Access Manager 3.0 SP4 Installation Guide and the Novell Access Manager 3.0 SP4 Setup Guide, which provides information about setting up the Access Manager system.
If you are unfamiliar with SAML 1.1, see SAML Overview
on the Documentation Web site.
For conceptual information about Liberty, and to learn about what is new for SAML 2.0, see Section A.0, About Liberty.
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