Enable Custom Authentication for License Server for Packager Server

How to enable processing of Custom Authentication for License Server for Packager Server?
Please give examples.

If I understand your question, you want to use the Flash Access Manager and/or the Watched Folder Packager (both are components of the Reference Implementation) to package content for a license server that uses Custom Authentication. To accomplish this, you need to use the Flash Access SDK to create a policy that specifies Custom Authentication is used. For example:
Policy pol = new Policy(false);
LicenseServerInfo licServer = new LicenseServerInfo(AuthenticationType.Custom);
pol.setLicenseServerInfo(licServer);
// set rights and other policy attributes
Once you create the policy, place the policy file on the Packager Server, and you can use this policy to package content.

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Hi Aruna,
I have tried to explain : "Big Question is by what mechanism we let the BW know that this is a delete"
Now to create a DataSource, you will have to include the information from the Tables as you mentioned:
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2: Add
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If you try login with some user name and password
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=12444
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http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=12444:10
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create or replace
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return BOOLEAN
is
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l_stored_password varchar2(4000);
l_expires_on date;
l_count number;
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Import the IPS CA into the web server cert8 style db via the web admin server.
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Part of the stack:
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:516)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:466)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:157)
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[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:477)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:214)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:287)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:311)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.setNewClient(HttpURLConnection.java:489)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.setNewClient(HttpURLConnection.java:477)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.writeRequests(HttpURLConnection.java:422)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:937)
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[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at edu.fsu.ucs.authentication.providers.CASAMLoginModule.process(CASAMLoginModule.java:86)
[28/Mar/2008:17:21:54] warning (25335): CORE3283: stderr: at com.sun.identity.authentication.spi.AMLoginModule.wrapProcess(AMLoginModule.java:729)
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uc.setRequestProperty("Connection", "close");
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The fact that this same code in other authentication modules running outside the amserver (in other web containers as well, tomcat and resin for example) running java 1.5 works fine with the new CA, as well as with self signed certs that I've imported into the appropriate cacerts file leads me to believe that I'm either importing the certificate into the wrong store, or that there is some additional step needed for the amserver in the Sun Web container.
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I thought since this has had a fair number of views I would give an update.
I have been able to confirm that the custom authentication module is using the cert8 db defined in the AMConfig property com.iplanet.am.admin.cli.certdb.dir as documented. I do seem to have a problem using the certificate to make outgoing connections, even though the certificate verifies correctly for use as a server certificate. This is likely a question for a different forum, but just to show what I'm looking at:
root@jbc1 providers#/usr/sfw/bin/certutil -V -n "FSU Wildcard Certificate" -d /opt/SUNWwbsvr/alias -P https-jbc1.ucs.fsu.edu-jbc1- -u V
certutil: certificate is valid
root@jbc1 providers#/usr/sfw/bin/certutil -V -n "FSU Wildcard Certificate" -d /opt/SUNWwbsvr/alias -P https-jbc1.ucs.fsu.edu-jbc1- -u C
certutil: certificate is invalid: Certificate type not approved for application.
root@jbc1 providers#/usr/sfw/bin/certutil -M -n "FSU Wildcard Certificate" -d /opt/SUNWwbsvr/alias -P https-jbc1.ucs.fsu.edu-jbc1- -t uP,uP,uP
root@jbc1 providers#/usr/sfw/bin/certutil -V -l -n "FSU Wildcard Certificate" -d /opt/SUNWwbsvr/alias -P https-jbc1.ucs.fsu.edu-jbc1- -u C
FSU Wildcard Certificate : Certificate type not approved for application.
So it could be that I don't understand how to use the certutiil to get the permissions I want, or it could be that using the same certificate for both server and client functions is not supported -- though you can see why this would be a common case with wildcard certificates.
BTW for those interested, it did seem to be the case that when the certificate failure occurred that the attempt was then made by the URLConnection to bind to port 80 in cleartext even though the URL was clearly https. I'm sure this was just an attempt to help out misformed URL, but it seemed that the URLConnection implementation in the amserver would swapped traffic over cleartext if that port had been open on the server I was making the https connection to; that seems dangerous to me, I would not have wanted it to quietly work that way exposing sensitive information to the network.
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, I decided to try to revert back to the default.
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sudo /opt/sun/comms/iwc/sbin/iwcadmin -w xxxxx -o auth.custom.callbackhandler -v ""
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AUTH: ERROR from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.LoginCommandDelegate Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-80-1 at 14:45:25,957 - Failed to Login the user: Unable to instantiate callback handler
PROTOCOL: ERROR from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.LoginCommandDelegate Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-80-1 at 14:45:25,960 - Protocol Error while login : Unknown Reason

jessethompson wrote:
After flailing with the incomplete instructions for [Writing a Custom Authentication Module for Convergence|http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite/Writing+a+Custom+Authentication+Module+for+Convergence]
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./iwcadmin -w <admin password> -o auth.custom.callbackhandler -v ""
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cd /opt/sun/comms/iwc/sbin
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./iwcadmin -w <admin password> -o auth.ldap.loginimpl -v com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.modules.impl.SunLDAPLoginModule# Restarte App Server
cd /opt/SUNWappserver/bin/
./asadmin stop-domain; ./asadmin start-domain# Login to iwc interface as user shjorth with password oldpwd
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Regards,
Shane.

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Mary Vance: Hi
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Mary Vance: I provided my serial number here
Naresh: Thank you for the serial number.
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Mary Vance: no problem
Naresh: Thank you.
Naresh: Thank you for being online.
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Naresh: Yes, Mary.
Mary Vance: ok...what is that link?
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use environment: elementary school-->very low network demand (no e-mail, just running local apps linking to server(s) for licensing and login, and some file saving small files on remote server, user preferences, etc).
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I am pretty experienced with standalone UNIX and macOS X administration, but a novice to this whole Server and network setup thing. Any suggestions, instructions, pointers to URLs with how-tos is much appreciated. I am not afraid to use Terminal (grew up on UNIX before GUI), etc., and willing to try safe but unconventional setups if that is what's needed...
thanks for any help!

Oh never mind.... I figured it out myself helps to read up on the manuals. d'oh. sorry for the bandwidth waste...

URGENT help required : Custom Authentication Plugin for validation of users

Hi Experts.
I'm a newbie and am stuck in middle of nowhere.
I have been asked to develop a custom authentication plug-in which would validate a user using the attributes such as a userid and a shared-userid.
shared-userid is just a custom id that would be generated on the basis of some logic.
Currently I'm using OAM 10.1.4.3.0 on WINDOWS server and as everybody, I'm also not able to find any sample files or sample folder structure.
As per one of the other threads https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=3838474, sample code and sample folders are removed from this particular version and were present in some previous version.
So, can anyone please help me out with the following:
1. How can I proceed to accomplish this task, i.e. to check whether a user-id and a shared-userid both are validated and a user is granted access.
2. Are all of these files required to create a custom authentication plug-in or can we proceed only with the ".c" file (i.e. make file, authn.c, and a dll file made using the make file and .c file)
3. Can anybody provide me with a sample file or a sample code written in "C" wherein the plug-in connects to the LDAP and searches for a particular dn for comparison or something. Also a sample make file for windows to convert the .c file to .dll.
PLEASEEEE help me ASAP.
Regards
Edited by: 805912 on Nov 15, 2011 7:18 PM

Hi,
Regarding question 2, you also need the header file is supplied in the Access Server installation directory, under ...access\oblix\sdk\authn_api and is called authn_api.h. you need this to build the dll which must then be placed in the Access Server's ...\access\oblix\lib directory.
Regarding question 3, if you install an earlier version of the Access Server, ie 10.1.4.2 or less, then you will get a \access\oblix\sdk\authentication\samples\authn_api directory that contains a basic sample authentication plugin. However, there is still documented in the 10.1.4.3 Developer Guide another sample plugin, simplapi.c, in the 10.1.4.3 Developer Guide with instructions on how to use it. It does work, but unfortunately requires a couple of edits to get it working after copy&pasting it (no code changes, just fairly obvious case changes eg changing ObanPlugin* to ObAnPlugin*). I used the following commands to get it to compile into a .so file on unix:
g++44 -c -fPIC -Wno-deprecated -m32 simpleapi.c
g++44 -shared -nostdlib -lc -m32 simpleapi.o -o simpleapi.so
but I really would not know if or how these translate into a Windows environment.
Regards,
Colin
Edited by: ColinPurdon on Nov 15, 2011 2:50 PM

Where to start with a licensing server for Mac and Windows

Hi all,
We have quite a mixture of OSX and Windows across the hundreds of computers we are running. We are on a volume key for all the CS3 products we buy but we still deploy them manually on a MAC but use specops (AD deployment) for the PC). There are some patches now for CS3 and for the MAC we would need to deploy it manually to a large number of machines.
What I want to do is a) set up a server for deploying software and managing the licenses and b) deploying packages for patches or getting the machines to connect to a deployment server.
I have been looking around the Adobe site but I can't find anything that outlines what I need to do to get started with this.
Thanks for any info that can be provided.
Steven

Likely your best option is to go for some 3rd party software.
As for license tracking you could look into license statistics:
http://www.x-formation.com/license_statistics/index.html
Stefan
http://kb.x-formation.com
http://www.x-formation.com/lm-x_license_manager/index.html

Lumira Server for BI Platform and Team/Edge consumption & licensing question

Hi. I have a few questions.
Question 1:
From my reading, I've heard that Lumira Edge/Team server may not be a part of BI-Suite License. I read a Lumira Server ASUG Webcast recap by Tammy Powlas here (SAP Lumira Server for Teams Roadmap ASUG Webcast) over the weekend and one of the Q&A questions struck me:
Q: Is this included with the BI Suite license from SAP?
A: Lumira Server for Teams (Edge Edition) is not covered under BI Suite License. However, Lumira Server for BI Platform (RTC Planned in April) is covered under BI Suite licenses
In a separate conversation late 2014, I thought I'd heard that Lumira Team/Edge server was supposed to be usable by BI Suite licensed customers, but it sounds like I'm mistaken?
Question 2:
Next, the second part of the statement gave me hope:
However, Lumira Server for BI Platform (RTC Planned in April) is covered under BI Suite licenses
I then looked at the Lumira Deployment Options for Departments Part 1 – ASUG Webcast by Tammy Powlas to get some more information on Lumira Server for BI Platform. This slide gave me some hope (emphasis mine in green):
But then I see some more information a little later:
Is this slide to imply that the version without HANA (or HANA XS) for BI Platform will only really just serve as a user rights management and Lumira document repository? And that if I want to view a Lumira document, I must still open from the Lumira Desktop client?
It was suggested I start a new discussion thread to ask this licensing question about a product that's not out yet (but the slide says it's GA so I'm still confused) so here I am with my discussion thread!
Hopefully someone can make me less confused. I'm hoping the answer is as a BI-Suite customer that we do not have to make a decision to either invest in new Edge/Team licenses or buy HANA XS hardware to establish a beachhead of Lumira usage in our organization. We've been struggling with promoting Lumira and the sharing piece has been the sore spot.

Hi Michael
You are right, it is confusing...
I think it will be better to contact sales to get this explained as opposed to technical support people that monitor this SCN Space.
Sales ph: 866-681-3435, 1-800-677-7271
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- Ludek
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Why don't my DRM policies seem to work? Using "License Server for Protected Streaming"

Do you find yourself setting rights/restrictions in a DRM policy (like disallow playback on Linux), only to see that the right/restriction isn't being enforced when you play your content? There may be several reason causing this to happen:
1. If you are using the "Adobe Access Server for Protected Streaming" that came on your ESD/DVD, this streaming-only server is configured to specifically ignore any policy that was used to package content. Instead, the server itself overrides the entire packaged policy and instead, reads rights from its tenant configuration XML file (flashaccess-tenant.xml) to generate licenses issued back to the requesting device.
2. Is your license server configured to use a PolicyUpdateList? This is a list that can be used to override any old policy (according to its Policy ID) and to use a newly defined policy instead. This is useful if content was pacakged with a policy and then afterwards, the business rules have changed for the particular policy, warranting an across-the-board change to all content packaged with that particular policy. Using a PolicyUpdateList is essentially a way to version your older (already used) policies.
3. is your license server overriding the policy manually in its code? If you're using the Reference Implementation license server (or building your own server from the SDK), your server has direct access to the policy. The server can add/remove/change any right in the policy before using it to generate a license for the requesting device. If you're using the Reference Implementation, by default, it will simply generate a license directly from the policy without any manipulation to it.
4. Are you sure you re-packaged your content using the new policy where you made your changes? On your license server, since you have access to the policy (it's sent up to the license server as part of the license request), the license server can log the policy ID of the policy. Check your logs to verify the new policy is actually being used.
5. Are you sure you're playing back the newly-packaged content? Caches may be stale.
cheers,
/Eric.

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