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Intrusion Detection
Active Directory and RADIUS
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PPTP and L2TP users connecting to FireRack can be authenticated against a number of different backends. The two primary methods are:
- Authenticate against FireRacks built-in user database
- Authenticate against one or more Radius servers
FireRack also supports the use of "RADIUS Realms", so the use can use username@realm.com syntax.
Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory
Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server fully supports the RADIUS protocol. Consequently, FireRack can authenticate users in one or more "Active Directory" domains. Each windows domain can be represented as a different "RADIUS Realm".
Per Realm or Per User Firewall Rule-sets
In addition to allowing users in multiple domains to authenticate on a single FireRack appliance, FireRack is also capable of applying different sets of firewall rules to member of different domains.
In a college environment, staff might use one realm and students another. This would then ensure that staff were permitted access to sensitive areas and students would not.