Enabling token authentication

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About this task

The token-auth stanza entry, located in the [token] stanza of the WebSEAL configuration file, enables and disables the token authentication method.

Token authentication is disabled by default. To configure token authentication:

Procedure

  1. Stop the WebSEAL server.
  2. Edit the WebSEAL configuration file. In the [token] stanza, specify the protocols to support in your network environment.
    The protocols are shown in the following table.
    Table 1. Configuring token authentication
    Protocol to Support Configuration File Entry
    HTTP 
    token-auth = http
    HTTPS 
    token-auth = https
    Both HTTP and HTTPS 
    token-auth = both
    Disable token authentication (default) 
    token-auth = none

    For example, to support both protocols:

    [token]
token-auth = both
  3. Restart the WebSEAL server.