Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access 8.5
Administration Guide
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NetExtender login can be disabled on platforms where EPC is enabled.
EPC portal checking uses the NetExtender browser plug-in. EPC is checked when users log in to the web portal
from a web browser that blocks any access to the private network from untrusted sites.
To configure device profiles to be used when authenticating users in a local group:
1 Navigate to the
Users > Local Groups
page and click
Edit
for the Global group or a local group to be
configured for EPC.
2 When the Edit Local Group page appears, click the
EPC
tab. Use the EPC tab to enable or disable EPC for
the group, select how to handle authentication requests from unsupported clients, and to add or remove
device profiles.
3 In the
Enable EPC
field, select
Enabled
to enable EPC for the group,
Disabled
to disable EPC for the
group, or
Use global setting
to either enable or disable EPC based on whether EPC is enabled on the
Users > Local Users > Edit Global Policies
or
Users > Local Groups > Edit Global Policies
page.
4 In the
Enable Portal Login
field, set the default action to
Enabled
to allow or
Disabled
to block logins
from these portals when EPC is enabled.
5 EPC is supported for iOS and Android mobile clients. In the
Enable Mobile Client Login
field, set the
default action to
Enabled
to allow or
Disabled
to block logins from these clients when EPC is enabled.
6 Fields in the
Recurring EPC
section vary, depending on whether you are configuring EPC for the Global
group or a local group. To configure EPC for the Global group, select
Check endpoint at login
to do EPC
checks only when users login, or select
Check endpoint at login and every
x
minutes thereafter
to
also do EPC checks at set intervals. For example, to do EPC checks whenever a user logs in and every
x
minutes thereafter while the user is logged in, select
Check endpoint at login and every
x
minutes
thereafter
and type the number of minutes to wait between EPC checks.
OR
To configure EPC for a local group, select
Use global setting
or
Custom Setting
from the
Recurring
EPC
drop-down list. If you select
Use global setting
, the local group inherits the EPC settings from the
Global group. If you select
Custom Setting
, the
Check endpoint at login
and
Check endpoint at login
and every
x
minutes thereafter
prompts are displayed and you can configure EPC, as explained for the
Global group.
7 Either select
Inherit global device profiles
to use all defined Allow and Deny device profiles for the
group.