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LDAP Authorization

8Select Allow Unsecure Traffic to allow unsecure LDAP connections.

When this check box is clear, all LDAP connections are secure.

9In Administrator Bind DN, type the Administrator Bind DN for queries to your LDAP directory. The following are examples of syntax for Bind DN:

“domain/user name” “ou=administrator,dc=ace,dc=com” “user@domain.name” (for Active Directory) “cn=Administrator,cn=Users,dc=ace,dc=com”

For Active Directory, the group name specified as cn=groupname is required. The group name that is defined in the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway must be identical to the group name that is defined on the LDAP server.

For other LDAP directories, the group name either is not required or, if required, is specified as ou=groupname.

The Firebox SSL VPN Gateway binds to the LDAP server using the administrator credentials and then searches for the user. After locating the user, the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway unbinds the administrator credentials and rebinds with the user credentials.

10In Administrator Password, type the password.

11In Base DN (where users are located), type the Base DN under which users are located.

Base DN is usually derived from the Bind DN by removing the user name and specifying the group where users are located. Examples of syntax for Base DN:

“ou=users,dc=ace,dc=com”

“cn=Users,dc=ace,dc=com”

12In Server login name attribute, type the attribute under which the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway should look for user logon names for the LDAP server that you are configuring. The default is sAMAccountName. If you are using other directories, use cn.

13Click Submit.

If a user is not located in an LDAP directory or fails authentication on a server, the Firebox SSL VPN Gate- way checks the user against the user information stored locally on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway.

LDAP authorization requires identical group names in Active Directory, on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway, and on the LDAP server. The characters and case must also be the same.

Note

For further information to determine the LDAP server settings, see “Determining Attributes in your LDAP Directory” on page 78.

LDAP Authorization

The following is a discussion of LDAP group memberships attributes that will and will not work with Firebox SSL VPN Gateway authorization.

You can use the following authorization types with LDAP authentication:

•Local authorization

•LDAP authorization

•No authorization

If you are using double-source authentication, authorization is based on the primary authentication method, not the secondary authentication method.

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