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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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5<br />

Authentication and access management<br />

Standard authentication<br />

Membership in a Windows domain<br />

This section provides information on the membership of an appliance in a Windows domain.<br />

To use the NTLM method for authenticating users who send requests from clients, the appliance must<br />

be a member of a Windows domain. A machine account is created for the appliance within that domain,<br />

which is used to establish a connection between the appliance and the relevant Windows domain<br />

controller (DC). The appliance can then retrieve authentication information on users and user groups<br />

from that controller.<br />

You can run up to 10 connections from the appliance to different domain controllers within a domain at<br />

the same time. When the appliance receives authentication requests, it connects to the domain<br />

controllers that are configured and active. It measures the response time of each controller and<br />

distributes requests in such a way that the fastest controller gets the highest load to handle.<br />

Join the appliance to a Windows domain<br />

When you use the NTLM authentication method, you need to join the appliance to a Windows domain to<br />

let the authentication module retrieve user information stored on the domain server. The appliance can<br />

be joined to more than one domain.<br />

To join the appliance to a Windows domain:<br />

1 Go to Configuration | Appliances.<br />

2 On the appliances tree, go to the appliance you want to join and select Windows Domain<br />

Memberhship. A list of domains appears on the settings pane. It is initially empty.<br />

3 Click Join to enter a domain into the list. The Join domain window opens.<br />

4 Configure a domain name, a domain controller, and other settings in the window.<br />

5 Click OK. The window closes and the new domain appears in the list. The appliance is now a member<br />

of this domain.<br />

Repeat steps 3 to 5 to add multiple domains.<br />

6 Use the other icons on the toolbar to work with the list:<br />

• Modify — Opens a window to let you modify a domain entry<br />

• Leave — Removes a domain from the list and lets the appliance leave this domain<br />

• Filter — Lets you enter a filtering term to display only domains with matching names<br />

• Refresh — Refreshes the list<br />

For more information, see Windows Domain Membership system settings and Configure the<br />

Authentication module.<br />

138 <strong>McAfee</strong> <strong>Web</strong> <strong>Gateway</strong> <strong>7.1.5</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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