WebSEAL is a resource manager that protects web-based information and resources. It can provide single sign-on solutions and incorporate back-end web application server resources into its security policy.
WebSEAL acts as a reverse web proxy by receiving HTTP/HTTPS requests from a web browser and delivering content from its own web server or from junctioned back-end web application servers. Requests passing through WebSEAL are evaluated by the Security Access Manager authorization service to determine whether the user is authorized to access the requested resource.
WebSEAL provides the following features:
- Supports multiple authentication methods.
- Integrates with Security Access Manager authorization service.
- Accepts HTTP and HTTPS requests.
- Integrates and protects back-end server resources through WebSEAL
junction technology.
Provides a unified view of a combined protected object space.
- Manages fine-grained access control for the local and back-end
server resources.
Supported resources include URLs, URL-based regular expressions, CGI programs, HTML files, Java™ servlets, and Java class files.
- Performs as a reverse web proxy.
WebSEAL appears as a web server to clients and appears as a web browser to the junctioned back-end servers it is protecting.
- Provides single sign-on capabilities.
