Which types of logon actions can be used in VPE for authentication? (Select all that apply)

Question

Options

• ALDAP authentication
• BSAML authentication
• CCertificate-based authentication
• DRADIUS authentication

• A
  94% (33)
• B
  6% (2)

Explanation

In F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), the Visual Policy Editor supports LDAP (A), Certificate-based (C), and RADIUS (D) authentication as direct logon action types because these protocols perform credential validation inline within the policy flow - they accept a username/password or client certificate and return an allow/deny result synchronously.

SAML (B) is incorrect as a distractor: while APM supports SAML, it functions as a federation mechanism (redirecting users to an external IdP and processing assertions) rather than a discrete logon action type within the VPE policy branch. It operates at a different architectural layer than the credential-checking actions.

Memory tip: Think "LCR = Local Credential Responders" - LDAP, Certificate, RADIUS all directly validate credentials and return a result inside the VPE flow. SAML is a redirect-and-assert protocol, making it structurally different and therefore not in this group.

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