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Authentication
Authentication
Learn how to manage user and device authentication.
About Authentication
Important: Support for NTLM Authentication Methods
Microsoft has deprecated the following New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) components: Negotiate Kerberos/NTLM, includi...
About authentication and authentication policies
Authentication determines who the user is and their group membership, if configured or received from an external sou...
See users currently authenticated with Smoothwall
See a list of end users who have authenticated with Smoothwall services on the Services > Authentication > User a...
When to use Authentication Exceptions
Web requests are usually required to pass an authentication check. Smoothwall then: Matches the user with the web...
Authentication Methods
Authentication is used to identify the end user and apply the right policies. When adding authentication policies,...
User Identification is wrong and users browse with the wrong access
Some authentication methods reliably detect when a user begins browsing, but struggle to detect when they have sto...
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Manage Authentication Policies and Exceptions
Manage your global authentication settings
You can change the timeout value and other authentication settings. Go to Services > Authentication > Settings. Ed...
Add Web Proxy authentication policies
You can create non-transparent and transparent authentication policies to identify end users. Non-transparent prox...
Reorder, edit or delete Web Proxy authentication policies
You can edit, turn off or delete your Web Proxy authentication policies from Web Proxy > Authentication > Manage p...
Add or delete Authentication Exceptions
You can add Authentication Exceptions to prevent Smoothwall from running an authentication check on specific conte...
Directories
Manage users in groups and directories
You can sync your directories with the Cloud Portal Admin Panel to quickly update user lists as students and staff...
Add or edit User Groups
User Groups are collections of end users you can use to configure features in Smoothwall Filter or Monitor. Smoot...
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....
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. Config...
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. Config...
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 ...
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BYOD
Set up RADIUS Authentication for BYO devices
Smoothwall can act as a RADIUS Accounting service and, if connected to Active Directory, a RADIUS Authentication serv...
Add, edit or delete BYOD Access control rules
Once you set up RADIUS Authentication, you can use Access control rules to block BYO device users in a specific Use...
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 ...
SSL Login
Customise the non-SSL or SSL Login Page
You can customise your SSL and non-SSL Login pages with your organisation’s branding or welcome message. Note To...
Set up Azure sign-in on the Login page
This article details how to set up Azure authentication, so users can sign in using the Azure sign-In button on the ...
Certificate error on the SSL Login Page
Users may see a certificate error when trying to access the SSL Login page if their device doesn’t trust the cert...
Set up Google sign-in on the Login page
This article details how to set up Google authentication, so users can sign in using the Google sign-In button on th...
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 D...