Tier 3: Session-Based, Web Authentication - M86 Security M86 Web Filter User Manual

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Tier 3: Session-based, Web Authentication

The diagram on the previous page (Fig. A-2) and steps
below describe the operations of the session-based authen-
tication process:
1. The user makes a Web request by entering a URL in his/
2. The Web Filter intercepts this request and sends the user
3. The Web Filter verifies the user's information with the
4. A pop-up window opens on the user's workstation while
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her browser window.
the Authentication Request Form, requesting the user to
log in with his/her login ID and password.
authentication server (Domain Controller, Active Direc-
tory, LDAP, etc.).
the original window loads the requested URL. The user
will continue to be authenticated as long as the pop-up
window remains open.
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