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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 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 authentication policies, yo...
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...
Using Transparent versus Non-Transparent Proxying In transparent mode, there are no special configuration steps needed to setup client browsers, thus allowing the pro...
What's the main difference between transparent and non-transparent proxies? Overview The choice between using a transparent proxy or a non-transparent proxy is often made based on convenience. ...
Built-in User Groups: Default users, Banned users and Unauthenticated IPs User Groups can be used in Web Proxy Authentication Policies to manage how Smoothwall Filter authenticates users, and...
Identifying Users on the Smoothwall Filter & Firewall This articles talks about the different options for setting up user identification in the Smoothwall Filter and Fire...