User guide

User and Group Management
180 Firebox X Edge e-Series
When a user license is not used
A user license is not used when:
 Traffic is passed between the trusted and optional networks.
 Traffic is passed from a computer on the trusted or optional network to a computer on the other end
of a Branch Office VPN.
 Incoming traffic of any kind is passed to the Edge protected network.
 Traffic is passed from a computer to the Edge itself when no user authentication is required for access
to the external network.
Managing user sessions
To control the number of users at any time, close one or more sessions. When you close a session, you make
that user license available for another user. Sessions can be closed in several ways:
 If you require users to authenticate, the Firebox user can manually log out and return his or her license.
 The Edge Administrator can close the session manually. He or she can close the session for a individual
user or close all sessions.
 If you require users to authenticate, you can assign a maximum timeout and an idle timeout for
each user.
 The Edge Administrator can set a global session maximum timeout.
 You must reboot the Edge to close all sessions.