Advanced authentication methods

This chapter contains information that describes advanced WebSEAL authentication functionality.

Multiplexing proxy agents
Switch user authentication
Reauthentication
Authentication strength policy (step-up)
External authentication interface
Client Certificate User Mapping
The Client Certificate User Mapping functionality will be deprecated in a future release in favor of the Authenticated User Mapping functionality.
Authenticated User Mapping
You can use the authenticated user mapping module to map an authenticated user name to a different Verify Identity Access user identity.
External user mapping
Use the HTTP Callout Mapping Module to invoke a web service to perform the STSUU enrichment and return the modified content back into the flow of the federation.
Password strength
The password strength module validates the strength of new passwords.

Parent topic: Authentication