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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AUTHENTICATION OPERATIONS
44 8E6 TECHNOLOGIES, R3000 ENTERPRISE FILTER AUTHENTICATION USER GUIDE
Work flow in a Windows environment
1. The administrator stores the 8e6 Authenticator client
(authenticat.exe) in a network-shared location that a
login script can access.
2. Using a Windows machine, an end user logs on the
domain, or logs on the eDirectory tree via a Novell client.
3. The end user’s login script evokes authenticat.exe.
4. The 8e6 Authenticator client determines the authentica-
tion environment by examining the Windows registry,
then retrieves the username and domain name using
either Windows or Novell APIs, and sends this informa-
tion (LOGON event) to the R3000.
5. The R3000 looks up the groups to which the end user
belongs (Windows AD, PDC, or eDirectory through
LDAP or NTLM/Samba), and determines the profile
assignment.
6. The R3000 sets the profile for the end user with user-
name (including the group name, if it is available) and IP.
7. The 8e6 Authenticator client continually sends a “heart-
beat” to the R3000—with a specified interval of seconds
between each “heartbeat”—until the end user logs off.
8. The end user logs off, and the 8e6 Authenticator client
sends a LOGOFF event to the R3000. The R3000
removes the user's profile.