For additional information on agent configuration, refer to ACE/server documentation. The gateway or the Security Management Server act as an ACE/Agent 5.0 and direct all access requests to the RSA ACE/server for authentication. ACE manages the database of RSA users and their assigned hard or soft tokens. For administrators, it is the Security Management Server that forwards the requests. Using SecurID, the Security Gateway forwards authentication requests by remote users to the ACE/server. When a user attempts to authenticate to a protected resource, the one-time use code must be validated by the ACE/server. All tokens generate a random, one-time use access code that changes approximately every minute.
Hardware tokens are key-ring or credit card-sized devices, while software tokens reside on the PC or device from which the user wants to authenticate. Token authenticators generate one-time passwords that are synchronized to an RSA ACE/server and may come in the form of hardware or software. SecurID requires users to both possess a token authenticator and to supply a PIN or password.
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