Chapter 24 Web Authentication
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24.2.1 Creating/Editing an Authentication Policy
Click Configuration > Web Authentication and then the Add (or Edit) icon in the Web
Authentication Policy Summary section to open the Auth. Policy Add/Edit screen. Use this
screen to configure an authentication policy.
Figure 141 Configuration > Web Authentication > Add
The following table gives an overview of the objects you can configure.
Authentication This field displays the authentication requirement for users when their traffic matches this
policy.
unnecessary - Users do not need to be authenticated.
required - Users need to be authenticated. They must manually go to the login screen.
The UAG will not redirect them to the login screen.
force - Users need to be authenticated. The UAG automatically displays the login screen
whenever it routes HTTP traffic for users who have not logged in yet.
Description If the entry has a description configured, it displays here. This is n/a for the default policy.
Apply Click this button to save your changes to the UAG.
Reset Click this button to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
Table 101 Configuration > Web Authentication (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 102 Configuration > Web Authentication > Add
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Create new
Object
Use to configure any new settings objects that you need to use in this screen.
Enable Policy Select this check box to activate the authentication policy. This field is available for user-
configured policies.
Description Enter a descriptive name of up to 60 printable ASCII characters for the policy. Spaces are
allowed. This field is available for user-configured policies.