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Authentication
About Authentication
About Authentication
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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...
PAC and WPAD scripts and files
Depending on how your network operates, you may need to use a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) or Web Proxy Autodiscovery Prot...
User Identification is wrong and users browse with the wrong access
When you apply filtering using the Smoothwall On-Premise Appliance, some authentication methods reliably detect when ...