Re-Authentication Process - M86 Security M86 Web Filter User Manual

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4. Upon creating the IPC share, the software in the Web
5. Once the user is successfully authenticated, the Web
6. The matched profile is set for the user's IP address. The
7. When the user logs off, changes IP addresses, loses the
WARNING: Authentication will fail if a Network Address Transla-
tion (NAT) device is set up between the authentication server and
end user clients.

Re-authentication process

1. The user loses his/her user profile after one of the
2. A block page displays for the user.
3. In order to re-access the Internet, the user must re-
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Filter queries the network authentication server with the
user's login name and password sent by the workstation.
Filter matches the user's login name or group name with
a stored list of profile settings in the Web Filter. As a
result of this process, the user is assigned the appro-
priate level of filtering.
IPC connection is completed and maintained with peri-
odic "keep-alives."
network connection, or in any way causes the IPC
connection to be altered or deactivated, the Web Filter
senses this change and returns the IP address to the
configured global filtering level.
following incidences occurs:
• the server is rebooted, or
• the connection from the user's machine to the server is
dropped (as with a faulty network cable)
authenticate him/herself by clicking a link in the block
page to generate a login script that re-authenticates the
user's profile.
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