Authentication

Learn how to manage user and device authentication.

About Authentication

Smoothwall Authentication overview Smoothwall Filter uses authentication to: Identify users and assign them to groups so that different policies can be ...
Important: Support for NTLM Authentication Methods Microsoft has deprecated the following New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) components: Negotiate Kerberos/NTLM, includi...
Manage Smoothwall Appliance Web proxy settings By default, your Smoothwall Appliance acts as a web proxy, directing traffic to itself for filtering. You can configu...
See users currently authenticated with Smoothwall See a list of end users who have authenticated with Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance services on the Services > Authen...
When to use Authentication Exceptions Web requests are usually required to pass an authentication check. Smoothwall Appliance then: Matches the user with ...
Authentication Methods Authentication is used to identify the end user and apply the right policies. When adding Web Proxy Authentication po...
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Manage Authentication Policies and Exceptions

Manage your global authentication settings You can change the timeout value and other authentication settings for Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance. Go to Servi...
Add Web Proxy authentication policies You can create non-transparent and transparent authentication policies to identify end users when filtering using Smo...
Reorder, edit or delete Web Proxy authentication policies You can edit, turn off or delete your Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance Web Proxy authentication policies from Web Prox...
Add or delete Authentication Exceptions You can add Authentication Exceptions to prevent Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance from running an authentication check...
Turn on IP address Spoofing Under normal operation, web traffic filtered by the Smoothwall Appliance is proxied, so any upstream network applianc...

On-Premise Appliance Directories and User Groups

Manage users in groups and directories You can sync your directories to quickly update user lists as students and staff change throughout the year. Start b...
Add or edit User Groups User Groups are collections of end users you can use to configure features in Smoothwall Filter or Monitor. Smoothwa...
Google and Azure Directories and Group mappings in a Hybrid setup The platform in which you set up Google and Azure Directories will impact how directory group mappings are synced. I...
Add, edit or delete an Azure Directory You can add an Azure Directory to manage groups of users for your policies in Smoothwall Filter or Monitor. Configure...
Add, edit or delete a Google Directory You can add a Google Directory to manage groups of users for your policies in Smoothwall Filter or Monitor. Configure...
Add, edit or delete an IDex Directory To add an IDex Directory to your list of Directories, you must do so from the On-Premise Appliance. You can choose wh...
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BYOD

Set up RADIUS Authentication for BYO devices Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance can act as a RADIUS Accounting service and, if connected to Active Directory, a RADIU...
Add, edit or delete BYOD Access control rules Once you set up RADIUS Authentication, you can use Access control rules in Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance to block B...

IDex

Important: Move from IDex Client to supported alternatives IDex Client was used to tunnel web browsing traffic from a client device to Smoothwall On-Premise filtering. As of 16...
Set up IDex for Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance Use ID Indexing (IDex) to identify already authenticated users in Active Directory domain networks. IDex has three co...
Set up IDex Agent to sync Active Directory for Cloud-only setups You can install the IDex Agent for Smoothwall Cloud Filter and/or Monitor to access the users and Directory groups in...
Add, edit or delete an IDex Directory To add an IDex Directory to your list of Directories, you must do so from the On-Premise Appliance. You can choose wh...

SSL Login

Customise the non-SSL or SSL Login Page You can customise your Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance SSL and non-SSL Login pages with your organisation’s branding ...
Set up Azure sign-in on the Login page This article details how to set up Azure authentication for Smoothwall Appliance, so users can sign in using the Azur...
Certificate error on the SSL Login Page Users may see a certificate error when trying to access the Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance SSL Login page if their d...
Set up Google sign-in on the Login page This article details how to set up Google authentication in On-premise Appliance, so users can sign in using the Goog...

Kerberos

Set up authentication with Kerberos Authentication Scripts You can use Kerberos Authentication Scripts to authenticate Windows and macOS users who are members of an Active Dire...