Crawling iplanet portal server secured content.

Hi, All,
I am new on the iplanet portal server. Try to come up a solution to crawling
the secured content with a valid user name and password. What this the
authentication mechanism of iplanet portal server keep the user's session?
is iPlanet Portal server using cookie to store the session id or pass it
back and forth as a parameter? Where can I find more information about this?
Any response is appreciated!
Hao Huang

currently there is no testing tool available as a part of the product.

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