The SBC Core supports using PKI certificates such as those found in the U.S. Department of Defense's Common Access Card (CAC) for authentication. It enables password-less authentication in which the authentication of the user is conducted through validation of the PKI certificates (for example, CAC) rather than the standard form-based username/password authentication.

On the SBC main screen, go to Administration > Users and Application Management > Ema. The Ema window is displayed.


 Ema Parameter Description

Parameter

Description

Client Auth Method

This parameter describes the authentication method for the EMA client.

  • Username Password Only (default): The authentication results in a username/password authentication mode.
  • Pki Cert Only: The authentication results in a password-less authentication mode in which the validation of a user is conducted through validation of the PKI Certificate rather than the standard form-based authentication.
  • Username Password Or Pki Cert: The user can log in through a PKI certificate. If the certificate is not provided, the user is offered username/password authentication mode.



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