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Web Gateway 7.1.5 Product Guide - McAfee

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5<br />

Authentication and access management<br />

Instant messaging authentication<br />

Modules for authenticating users of an instant messaging service<br />

Two modules are called by the rules for authenticating users of an instant messaging service, the<br />

Authentication module and the File System Logging module. This section tells you how to configure the<br />

settings for these modules.<br />

Configure the authentication and logging modules<br />

Authentication for users of an instant messaging service and logging authentication activities involves<br />

the Authentication and the File System Logging modules.<br />

To configure settings for these modules:<br />

1 Go to Policy | Rule Sets.<br />

2 On the rule sets tree, go to the rule set that contains rules for authenticating users of an instant<br />

messaging service, for example, the IM Authentication rule set.<br />

3 Select the nested rule set with the rules containing the settings you want to configure.<br />

For example, select the nested IM Authentication Server rule set, which contains the rule<br />

Authenticate clients against the user database, and in the rule criteria, select the User<br />

Database at IM Authentication Server settings.<br />

The Edit Settings window opens.<br />

4 Configure these settings as needed. Then click OK to close the window.<br />

5 Click Save Changes.<br />

For information on these settings, see Settings for the authentication and logging modules.<br />

For more information on the configuration procedure, see Configure the Authentication module and<br />

Implement an authentication method.<br />

Settings for the authentication and logging modules<br />

This section deals with the settings for the Authentication and File System Logging modules that are<br />

related to authentication of instant messaging users.<br />

These settings are implemented when you import the IM Authentication rule set from the rule set<br />

library.<br />

Authentication Server IM<br />

Settings for the Authentication module specifying the Authentication Server method to authenticate<br />

users of an instant messaging service<br />

Meaning and usage of these settings are the same as for the settings specifying the Authentication<br />

Server method to authenticate users under the HTTP and HTTPS protocol.<br />

For information on these settings, see Advanced Parameters.<br />

User Database at IM Authentication Server<br />

Settings for the Authentication module specifying the User Database method to authenticate users of<br />

an instant messaging service<br />

Meaning and usage of these settings are the same as for the settings specifying the User Database<br />

method to authenticate users under the HTTP or HTTPS protocol.<br />

For information on these settings, see User Database.<br />

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