TRITON - Web Security Help, Version 7.7 - Websense

User IdentificationSelective authentication lets you determine whether users requesting Internet accessfrom a specific client machine (identified by IPv4 or IPv6 address) are prompted toprovide their logon credentials via the browser. This can be used to:Establish different authentication rules for a machine in a public kiosk than foremployees of the organization supplying the kiosk.Ensure that users of an exam-room computer in a medical office are alwaysidentified before getting Internet access.Machines with special user identification settings applied are listed on the Settings >General > User Identification page. Click Exceptions to establish specific useridentification settings for some machines in your network, or see if special settingshave been defined for a specific machine.To add a machine to the list, click Add, and then see Defining exceptions to useridentification settings, page 300, for further instructions.When you are finished adding machines or network ranges to the list, click OK.Changes are not implemented until you click Save and Deploy.Defining exceptions to user identification settingsTRITON - Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.7.xRelated topics: Transparent identification, page 295 Manual authentication, page 297 Configuring user identification methods, page 298Use the User Identification > Add IP Addresses page to identify machines to whichspecific user identification rules should be applied.1. Enter an IP address or network Range in IPv4 or IPv6 format to identify clientsto which to apply a specific authentication method, and then click the right-arrowbutton to add them to the Selected list.If the same rules should be applied to multiple machines, add them all to the list.2. Select an entry in the User identification drop-down list to indicate whetherWebsense software should attempt to identify users of these machinestransparently.• Select Try to identify user transparently to request user information from atransparent identification agent or integration device.• Select Ignore user information to avoid using any transparent method toidentify users.3. Indicate whether users should be prompted to provide logon credentials via thebrowser. This setting applies when user information is not available, eitherbecause other identification failed, or because user information was ignored.300 Websense Web Security Solutions