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Introduction

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The numbered steps below correspond to the red numbers in the graphic above. Authentication takes place in step 3 and 4 andauthorizationin step 6 and 7

  1. The user opens a browser and enters the URL of the Locator search page in the address box

  2. The Gateway routes the incoming request to the Search UI

  3. The user is prompted for their credentials to authenticate.

  4. The user is authenticated by the Authority service that is synced with one or more external user database, for instance Microsoft Active Directory.

  5. The user enters a query in the search box of the Search UI

  6. The query is expanded with user’s SIDs before it is passed to the Index.

  7. The search result is cleaned for any document to which the user does not have access. This is referred to as security trimming.

  8. The search result is further modified based on rules in the Rule Engine

  9. The Search UI displays the search result with a URI to access the document at the data source

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  • (tick) The method can be used (the connector fully supports the method)

  • 🟢 The method can be used (the connector uses an approach that can be used in parallel with the method, coined secondary user authentication by Ayfie)

  • (error) The method cannot be used

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Authentication Method Selection Example

THIS EXAMPLE IS WRONG DUE TO WRONG TABLE DATA. IT WILL BE CHANGED ONCE THE TABLE HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

The authentication method to use is found by identifying the left most column with only green icons for the set of connectors that one is to use.

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