Understanding User and User Authentication
This section describes user management and authentication mechanisms.
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User Organizational Structure
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A FW controls network behaviors and access permissions by the granularity of user.
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User Authentication
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User Authentication is a mechanism through which a FW obtains the mappings between users and IP addresses to authenticate users. User authentication is the basis for user-based policies.
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User Permission Control
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User authentication aims at user-specific permission control. The FW references users in policies as matching conditions to implement permission control on authenticated users.