Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

Authentication and access management
Standard authentication 5
Windows Domain Membership system settings
The Windows Domain Membership system settings must be configured when joining an appliance to a
Windows domain or modify its membership in a domain. They provide a list of the domains that the
appliance is a member of.
Note: These settings are configured on the Appliances tab of the Configuration top-level menu.
Join Domain window
The Join Domain window provides options for configuring the Windows domains that the appliance is a
member of.
The following table describes the window.
Table 5-9 Join Domain window
Option Definition
Windows domain name Name of the domain
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account name
Name of the account for an appliance
Overwrite existing account When selected, an existing account is overwritten
Use NTLM version 2 When selected, NTLM version 2 is used
Timeout for requests to this
NTLM domain
Configured domain
controllers
Number of active domain
controllers
Time (in seconds) to elapse before processing of a request sent from the
appliance to a domain controller stops if no response is received
List of domain controllers that the appliance can connect to in order to
retrieve authentication information
Entries must be separated by commas.
Maximum number of configured domain controllers that can be active at the
same time
The allowed range is from 1 to 10.
Administrator name Is used with a password when the appliance is joined to the domain to
create an account for it
The credentials are only used for this purpose and not stored.
Password For the above administrator
List of Windows domains
List of all Windows domains the appliance is a member of
The list displays the settings of a domain as configured by you in the Join Domain window, except for
the administrator name and password.
In addition to these settings, the following is shown:
Status — Status of the domain
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