Custom attributes for the authorization service

You can modify the [azn-decision-info] stanza of the WebSEAL configuration file to make other data available to the external authorization service (EAS).

You can define your own attributes, called custom attributes, to specify in policies and for decision making. Update the WebSEAL configuration file with the attribute information so that the EAS can use these attributes. The WebSEAL EAS uses this attribute information to create the runtime security services request.

To update the WebSEAL configuration file for custom attributes:

  1. Update the [azn-decision-info] stanza with the custom attribute information.
  2. Define the type of data and category that the attribute represents using the [user-attribute-definitions] stanza.