User guide

About User Authentication
User Guide 189
• Require User Authentication – You must select this check box
to use the authentication options.
• External Network Access Restrictions – Enable this check box
if it is necessary for your users to authenticate before they
connect to computers on the external network. The external
network is frequently the Internet.
• VPN Tunnel Access Restrictions – Enable this check box if it is
necessary for your users to authenticate before they can connect
to computers on different network through a Branch Office VPN
tunnel.
• Idle Time-Out – When the user does not send traffic to the
external network or to the Edge for the length of the idle time-
out, the Edge closes the session.
• Maximum Access Time – You can configure the Edge to close a
session after a specified interval. Use this option to prevent users
from browsing the Internet for long periods of time. When a
user authenticates to the Edge, the clock starts on the session.
After the specified interval, the user must authenticate again or
the Edge closes the session.
• Reset Idle Timer on Embedded Web Site Access – If this check
box is selected, the Edge does not disconnect a session when an
idle time-out occurs if the Login Status dialog box is on the
desktop. Disable this check box to override the Login Status
dialog box.
The Login Status box sends traffic to the Edge from the user’s computer
each two minutes. If you enable this check box, the Edge resets the idle
timer to zero each time the Edge receives traffic from the Login Status
box.
• Automatic Session Termination – This is a global property that
applies to all sessions and that overrides all other authentication
options. It lets you clear the list of seat licenses in use and make
them available again. Enable this check box to disconnect all
sessions at the specified time in the drop-down list.
All sessions will be disconnected at the same time. The time limit is the
number of hours since the Edge first starts up, not the length of time a
session has been active.