Authentication Questions


Identify 802.1x clients in an AD domain
I’m designing an 802.1x wired deployment with MAC Authentication Bypass for Windows workstations without the 802.1x client. I need to identify which workstations have the client and which do not. I also need to configure the 802.1x client on the workstations that do have it. The 802.1x client is part of the workstation’s NIC driver. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2008  6:20 PM
802.1x, 802.1x authentication, Active Directory, AD, Authentication, MAC address, Windows, Windows Server 2003
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270 pts.

Authentication only working from one domain controller
We have a branch office 2003 AD design. One of our groups hosts their division’s AD servers. Each site has 2 domain controllers in which they share the rolls. They are complaining that when the global catalog server is down or not available authentication fails. Any ideas as to why this would happen?

Answer Question   |  August 6, 2008  11:51 AM
Active Directory, Authentication, Domain Controller, Global Catalog Server
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185 pts.

Proxy server authentication
I want to configure my squid proxy server for my existing domain, which has windows 2003 server as domain controller. So I want to authenticate users who want to connect to the internet through my active directory database. Can anybody help me out with how to do the configuration? Please reply as soon as possible, [...]

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2008  9:26 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Domain Controller, Proxy servers, Squid, User authentication, User Permissions, Web security, Windows Server 2003
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110 pts.

OpenLDAP and Oracle Database
Hi, This is a question related to Oracle and OpenLdap. Can anybody please tell me how to setup the Oracle [10g] to use the installed OpenLdap server. I know we need to use netca and use the internet directory services; But how to set Open Ldap is the question here. Your help is greatly appreciated! [...]

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2008  5:48 PM
Authentication, OpenLDAP, Oracle 10g
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5 pts.

Sharepoint LDAP authentication
Hi , I need to test Sharepoint with sun ldap authentication, I have found that entries about the ldap server have to be added to sharepoint configuration files, I have found many articles on this but all are related to ldap server with anonymous binding (anonymous ldap browsing) , I have an authenticated ldap browsing [...]

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2010  1:19 PM
Authentication, LDAP, SharePoint
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HXX
5 pts.

Access a password protected URL using Java code
I am trying to access a URL using the HttpURLConnection in Java code. The URL is password protected. I have to authenticate our Lotus Domino server for accessing before even attempting to access the URL. How do I authenticate my Lotus Domino server to access the password protected URL using the HttpURLConnection? Can anyone give [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2012  5:16 PM
Authentication, Java, Lotus Domino server, Password protected, URL
435 pts.

Hotel-style WiFi Authentication (How do they do it?)
My company is planning on creating an external WiFi Internet Access VLAN for non-employee (contractors & vendors) users. We have seen hotel-style Internet access configurations that allow the hotel to generate temporary credentials that they provide to guests. The hotel staff prints out a little ticket that lists a URL for guests to logon and [...]

Answer Question   |  November 26, 2008  12:29 AM
Authentication, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot
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30 pts.

schedule task could not run
We run a schedule task on our 2003 server. The task to execute a program runs for 1 day only. The next day the task shows “could not start” and after reentering the password for authentication it would start again for another day. I know its not an authentication problem due to the task run [...]

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  11:31 PM
Authentication, Scheduling, Windows Server 2003
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Kak
5 pts.

Datapower Utilization
How can Datapower be used in DMZ?

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  7:48 PM
Authentication, Reverse proxy
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15 pts.

how to auto sign on using active directory lookup
We’d like a software package (call it auto sign-on ASO) to > support the following: > 1. a user starts a secure application. > 2. the login prompt appears. > 3. user passes his/her HID prox card in front of a reader > 4. ASO authenticates user. Not sure what to do here – maybe [...]

Answer Question   |  December 17, 2007  10:55 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Logon, LOOKUP/XFOOT/MOVEA operations
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15 pts.