Using LDAP/Active Directory Authentication
User Guide
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ward user authentication requests to a generic LDAP or Active Direc-
tory server. You can use LDAP authentication and local Firebox
authentication at the same time.
With LDAP authentication, user privileges are controlled on a group
basis. You can add the names of your existing LDAP or Active Direc-
tory user groups to the Firebox configuration and assign privileges
and a WebBlocker profile. When users authenticate to the Firebox,
they prepend their LDAP domain name to their user name in the
authentication dialog box (domain\user name). If you use an Active
Directory authentication server, users can also authenticate using
their fully qualified domain name (username@mycompany.com).
Configuring the LDAP/Active Directory authentication
service
When you enable LDAP authentication, you define one authentica-
tion server and its properties. To enable LDAP authentication:
1
To connect to the System Status page, type
https://
in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1.
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