UTF-8 encoding of tokens for e-community single signon

The use of UTF-8 encoding for strings within tokens used for e-community single signon is specified in the WebSEAL configuration file.

[e-community-sso]
use-utf8 = {yes|no}

Default is "yes".

When use-utf8 is set to "no", strings are encoded using the local code page. Use this value when implementing e-community single signon with older (pre-version 5.1) WebSEAL servers. WebSEAL servers from versions prior to 5.1 do not use UTF-8 encoding for tokens. When deploying an environment that includes these older servers, configure the WebSEAL server to not use UTF-8 encoding. This setting is necessary for backwards compatibility.

Parent topic: Compatibility issues for ECSSO