RSA Access Manager CERTIFICATE authentication does not work with Protocol Transition
Originally Published: 2013-07-03
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Access Manager Agent
RSA Version/Condition: 4.9.3
Platform: IIS 7
Issue
The following error is seen in the browser:
401.3 Unauthorized
The error message in the agent log at debug level shows:
2013-07-03 12:17:06 -0500 - [736] - <Security> - Session has idled out.
2013-07-03 12:17:06 -0500 - [2996] - <Debug> - Response: 401
Cause
Resolution
Change the setting for cleartrust.agent.iis.preproc_auth_enabled=TRUE. This changes the authentication event from the IIS OnPostAuthenticateRequest event to the BEGIN_REQUEST notification event.
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