2.6 Protecting Web Resources Through Access Gateway

Access Gateway is a reverse proxy server (protected site server) that restricts access to web-based content, portals, and web applications that employ authentication and access control policies. It also provides single sign-on to multiple web servers and web applications by securely providing the credential information of authenticated users to the protected servers and applications. Access Gateway lets you simplify, secure, and accelerate your Internet business initiatives.

This section describes the following tasks: