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The top part of the form contains basic properties for the external authentication server.
The middle part of the form differs depending on the type of authentication being performed:
 Active Directory Authentication Server— See “Configuring an Active Directory External
Authentication Server”
 LDAP Authentication Server— See “Configuring an LDAP External Authentication Server”
 Proxy RADIUS Authentication Server— See “Configuring a Proxy RADIUS External Authentication
Server”
 Local Certificate Authority Authentication Server— See “Configuring a Local Certificate Authority
External Authentication Server”
The bottom part of the form controls the authorization settings for this server. See “Configuring
Authorization for External Authentication Servers” in this chapter for details.
Configuring an Active Directory External Authentication Server
Microsoft Active Directory user accounts are defined in a forest or domain and authenticated by the domain
controller. Both user and machine accounts may be authenticated. Additionally, support is provided for
authenticating users with a supplied username of either “DOMAIN\user” or “user”. For more information on
managing Active Directory domains, see Active Directory Domain Services.
For Active Directory external authentication servers, the following fields are displayed in the Edit
Authentication Server form. Most of the settings for the authentication server are automatically detected
when joining the domain; however, a Bind Identity (username) and Bind Password are required in order to
authenticate users against the directory