TABLE OF CONTENTS Sign-in policies are essentially the first actions applied when users connect to the IVE. When a user attempts to connect to the IVE, the IVE will use sign-in policies to determine which sign-in page the user should be mapped to and the realms that will be available to choose from (if there are multiple realms configured for that policy). Despite the fact that sign-in policies play such an important role in the function of the IVE, they are overlooked, since they don't usually require much maintenance.
Sign-in pages go hand in hand with sign-in policies and offer extensible options for customizing the user experience when they access the IVE. The IVE allows you to utilize predefined templates for creating sign-in pages, or you can create your own templates, which can be used to manipulate the IVE access capabilities.
In this chapter, we discuss how sign-in policies function, the components of sign-in policies, as well as how to create them. We also discuss how to create standard and custom sign-in pages for both user/administrator access and Secure Meeting pages.
A logical fl ow chart can be put together when describing the IVE sign-in structure. As shown in Figure 12.1, a user begins by entering a URL that is hosted by the IVE, such as https://vpn.mycompany.com/sales/. The IVE decodes the encrypted SSL packet and gathers the site information. Based on the site that the user is trying to browse to, the IVE then evaluates the sign-in policies to...
