Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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Authentication and access management
Standard authentication
User Database
Settings specifying the User Database method to authenticate users
Note: These settings are by default provided for the Authentication module.
Authentication Method
Settings for selecting an authentication method
You can select one of the following:
• NTLM
• NTLM-Agent
• User Database
• LDAP
• Novell eDirectory
• RADIUS
• Kerberos
• SSL Client Certificate Authentication
• Authentication Server
After selecting a method, the settings that are specific to this method appear below the Common
Authentication Parameters.
Authentication Test
Settings for testing whether a user with given credentials would be authenticated
User — User name that is tested
Password — Tested password
Authenticate User — Executes the test
Test result — Displays the outcome of the test
Common Authentication Parameters
Settings common to all authentication methods
Proxy Realm — Location of the proxy that receives requests from users who are asked to authenticate
Authentication attempt timeout — Time (in seconds) to elapse before the authentication process
terminates if not completed successfully
Use authentication cache — When selected, authentication information is stored in a cache
Authentication is then based on this stored information, rather than on information retrieved from an
authentication server or the internal user database.
Authentication cache TTL — Time (in minutes) that authentication information is stored in the cache
User Database Specific Parameters
Settings for the User Database authentication method
Send domain and machine name to the client — When selected, the names of the appliance and
the domain it has been assigned to are sent to the client that a user who is to be authenticated sent a
request from
Enable basic authentication — When selected, the basic NTLM authentication method is applied to
authenticate users
Information that a user submits for authentication is then sent in plain-text format (less secure) to the
Windows domain server.
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