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Configuring Authentication
The Rights Manager
The configuration of network Authentication Policies is done through the Rights module, accessed by
clicking the
Rights icon on the Navigation bar.
Many of the functions within the Rights module—specifically those associated with creating or modifying
access rights through the Rights Assignment table—are discussed in Chapter 4, “Configuring Rights”.
The following Rights module functions are discussed in this chapter:
• Configuring new Authentication Services (or modifying existing service configurations)
• Creating new Authentication Policies, or modifying existing policies
• Customizing the Logon page (and other associated pages) presented to users whose first network
access attempt is an HTTP request.
When you have configured your Authentication Policies and made any modifications to the Logon pages,
you can then use these in the specification of a Connection Profile. Creating or modifying Connection
Profiles is covered in
Chapter 4, “Configuring Rights”.
Authentication Policies
An Authentication Policy is a named, ordered set of Authentication Services. The 700wl Series system
provides one predefined Authentication Policy configured to use the built-in Authentication Service. You
can include additional Authentication Services in this Authentication Policy, or you can create additional
Authentication Policies.
The 700wl Series system comes with a predefined Authentication Policy named “System Authentication
Policy”. The System Authentication Policy is automatically used with all Connection Profiles unless you
configure a Connection Profile to use a different Authentication Policy. If you create new Authentication
Policies, you can specify which one should be considered the preferred Authentication Policy. The
preferred Authentication Policy is used with any new Connection Profiles you create, but does not affect
existing Connection Profiles.
» To view the current Authentication Policies, click the Authentication Policies tab visible at the top of
any Rights module page.
The Authentication Policies page appears (see Figure 5-1).
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