Configuring Authentication and Authorization

Communications between the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway and authentication servers.

If a user is not located on an authentication server or fails authentication on that server, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway checks the user against the local user list, if the check box Use the local user database on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway is selected on the Authentication > Settings tab.

Communication between the client, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway, and the local user account.

After a user is authenticated, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway performs a group authorization check by obtaining the user’s group information from either an LDAP server, a RADIUS server, a Windows NT 4.0 server (for NTLM authorization), or the local group file (if not available on the LDAP or RADIUS server). If group information is available for the user, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway then checks the network resources allowed for the group. LDAP authorization works with all supported authentication methods. You can configure the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway to obtain an authenticated user’s group(s) from an LDAP server. If the user is not located on the LDAP server, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway checks its local group file if the check box Use the local user database on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway is selected on the Authentication > Settings tab.

The group names obtained from the LDAP server are compared with the group names created locally on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway. If the two group names match, the properties of the local group apply to the group obtained from the LDAP server.

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