7 default user authentication settings, 8 default device authentication settings – Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

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Fortress Bridge: Configuration

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To enable/disable user session timeout login prompts:

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI

admin

account and select

SECURITY

SETTINGS

from the menu on the left.

2

In the

AUTHENTICATION

SETTINGS

frame:

™

Check the box for

Restart Session Login Prompt

to

enable user session timeout prompts (the default).

or

™

Clear the checkbox for

Restart Session Login Prompt

to

disable user session timeout prompts

.

3

Click

Apply

at the bottom of the screen.

3.6.6.7

Default User Authentication Settings

The default

Idle Timeout

and

Session Timeout

settings that will

automatically populate the corresponding fields in the

ADD

USER

frame of the

USER

AUTHENTICATION

screen are configured

on the

SECURITY

SETTINGS

screen. You can change these

settings for users individually (on the

USER

AUTHENTICATION

screen, described in Section 4.2.2).

To configure default idle and session timeouts

for authenticated users:

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI

admin

account and select

SECURITY

SETTINGS

from the menu on the left.

2

In the

AUTHENTICATION

SETTINGS

frame, in

Auth Mode

,

ensure that

Local

authentication is enabled.

3

Under

AUTHENTICATION

DEFAULTS

:

™

In

User Idle Timeout -

enter the number of whole

minutes, between 1 and 9999, that a user’s device can
be idle on the network before it must renegotiate keys
with the Bridge. Enter zero (0) to disable idle timeouts.
The default setting is 30 minutes.

™

In

User Session Timeout -

enter the number of whole

minutes, between 1 and 9999, that a user’s device can
be present on the network before the current session is
ended and the user must log back in to re-establish the
connection. Enter zero (0) to disable session timeouts.
The default setting is 720 minutes.

4

Click

Apply

at the bottom of the screen.

3.6.6.8

Default Device Authentication Settings

Whether or not user authentication is enabled by default for
new devices automatically populating the

DEVICE

AUTHENTICATION

screen is configured on the

SECURITY

SETTINGS

screen, as is the default

Device State

setting they are initially

assigned.

detail:

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