| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Res_protect_calls |
The number of times in the last measurement period, the Web agent has checked the Policy server to see if a resource is protected |
Number |
If the resource cache is adequately sized, then the value of this measure can be kept at a healthy minimum. For instance, if the resource cache is set to 0, two or more IsProtected calls may be recorded per login attempt. If the Web agent is not caching information, it must check with the Policy server to determine whether or not a resource is protected each time a request is made to the Web server.If the resource cache is not set to 0, only one IsProtected call will be recorded. In this case, the Web agent makes one IsProtected call to the Policy server; subsequent requests to the Web server for the same resource are satisfied against the Web agent's resource cache until the resource in the cache expires or the resource cache is flushed. |
| Res_protect_errors |
The number of times during the last measurement period, an error occurred when the Web agent asks the Policy server whether or not a resource is protected |
Number |
A high value of this measure could indicate a high incidence of communication failures between the Web agent and the Policy server.
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| Res_protect_time |
The average amount of time it takes for the Web agent to determine from the Policy server whether or not a resource is protected |
Secs |
Ideally, this value should be low.
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| Cross_site_script_hits |
The number of cross-site scripting hits that occurred during the last measurement period |
Number |
Ideally, this value should be 0. Any value higher than that indicates the existence of malicious code in some pages of your site.
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| Bad_url_char_hits |
The number of requests that this Web agent refused during the last measurement period, because of bad URL characters |
Number |
Bad URL characters are specifically blocked to prevent a Web client from evading SiteMinder rules. These characters are specified in the Web agent's configuration. Ideally, this value should be low. A very high value could either indicate the frequent usage of bad URL characters in requests, or a misconfiguration of the Web agent.
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| Bad_cookie_hits |
The number of cookies that this Web agent could not decrypt in the last measurement period |
Number |
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| Expire_cookie_hits |
The number of requests that contained an expired cookie in the last measurement period |
Number |
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