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CHAPTER 9
Managing Users and
Groups
The Firebox® X Edge includes tools you can use to manage your net-
work and your users. You can create users and manage access to the
Internet or to your VPN tunnels with user authentication. Or, you can
allow free access to the Internet and VPN tunnels to all users. In this
chapter, you learn to do these tasks:
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Examine current users and properties
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Configure local Firebox authentication
•
Configure the Firebox to use LDAP or Active Directory
authentication
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Allow internal hosts to bypass user authentication
Seeing Current Sessions and Users
A session is created when traffic goes from a computer on the trusted
or optional network to a computer on the external network. For exam-
ple, when a user on your trusted network opens a browser to connect
to a web site on the Internet, a session starts on the Firebox® X Edge.
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Only sessions from computers on the Edge’s trusted or optional
network to computers on the external network use a user license. For
Summary of Contents for Firebox X15
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Page 42: ...Installing the Firebox X Edge 28 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
Page 72: ...Configuration and Management Basics 58 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
Page 146: ...Configuring Logging and System Time 132 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
Page 168: ...Managing Users and Groups 154 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
Page 204: ...Configuring Virtual Private Networks 190 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge...
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Page 249: ...Certifications and Notices User Guide 235 Taiwanese Notices...
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