Network Guardian supports a wide variety of authentication schemes in order to establish user identity so that the correct filtering policies can be applied.
Verification of usernames and passwords against the organization's primary authentication system is the preferred mode of operation. Integration with RADIUS, Microsoft Active Directory®, Novell eDirectory™ or other LDAP authentication systems* avoids the need to replicate or maintain user details on the Guardian system. Group membership on the authentication system is mapped to Guardian security policies so that authentication system changes are immediately reflected on the Guardian system. Guardian filtering policies control if and when users are allowed to access to particular categories of web sites, if they are allowed to download files etc.
User identification also makes Guardian reports far more meaningful and useful, in that reports containing actual user names are far more comprehensible that lists of IP addresses. However, if no central authentication system is available, a user database can be maintained on the Guardian system itself.
Guardian works with all major browsers and operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. The use of NTLM and Internet Explorer provides seamless single sign-on without the need for users to log into Guardian or enter their Windows ID/password again.
You can rely on SmoothWall to provide maximum accuracy and security with minimum administration effort - everything from simple IP-based identification to full group based authentication and policy based filtering.
*This option is not available with Corporate Firewall.
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