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Advanced Access Control username case sensitivity

Troubleshooting


Problem

In IBM Security Access Manager versions prior to 9.0.3, Advanced Access Control always treat usernames as case sensitive. This might cause issues when used with Reverse Proxies or Federations which are not case sensitive.
ISAM 9.0.3 introduced case insensitivity for usernames without the need for database migration. However this change had the potential to degrade performance during high load peak periods.
From ISAM 9.0.4 onwards Advanced Access Control operates without case sensitivity automatically for fresh installations. For firmware upgrades manual migration is required to enable case insensitivity, and can be performed on any version higher than (and including) 9.0.4.

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 January 2019

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ibm10802128