matched by a policy requiring authentication, the user requesting the connection must enter a valid user name
and password to be allowed to connect through the firewall.
Note
: Authentication is not supported in Transparent mode.
This section describes:
·
Adding user names and passwords
·
Setting authentication time out
·
Adding authentication to a policy
Adding user names and passwords
·
Go to
Firewall > Users
.
·
Select New.
Adding a user name and password
·
Enter a User Name and Password.
The user name and password should be at least six characters long. The user name and password can
contain numbers (0-9) and upper and lower case letters (A-Z, a-z), and the special characters - and _.
Other special characters and spaces are not allowed.
·
Select OK.
Setting authentication time out
To set authentication time out:
·
Go to
System > Config > Options
.
·
Set Auth Timeout to control how long authenticated connections can remain idle before users have to
authenticate again to get access through the firewall.
The default authentication time out is 15 minutes.
Adding authentication to a policy
Once you have added users and passwords to the firewall, you can include authentication in policies. You can
add authentication when you create the policy or you can edit existing policies and change action to AUTH.
To add authentication to a policy:
·
Go to
Firewall > Policy
.
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