2.2 User Authentication

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    Password authentication is the easiest way to use for identifying and authenticating users. A password is established for the user if using password authentication.

    Users will be refused to be accessed,are refused access if the password doesn't match when they attempt to connect to VPN. Users can change the password registered in VPN Server themselves at any time using VPN Client. For details see 4.9 Other Functions.

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    If users set to use RADIUS authentication conduct user authentication, the authentication data sent by the user (encrypted by SSL) is sent from the SoftEther VPN Server to the RADIUS server set in advance. Users that pass user authentication by the RADIUS server are permitted by the SoftEther VPN Server to connect. In any other case, permission will beis denied (if user authentication fails or if RADIUS server cannot be accessed).

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    In order to conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication, the SoftEther VPN Server to conduct user authentication must be capable of running on Windows NT, with capable of participating in domain. SoftEther VPN Servers that run on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris or Macintosh OS X cannot conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication. VPN Server cannot authenticateAuthentication of the NT domain or Active Directory. In this case, wusers hile authentication method is set to “NT domain” or “Active Directory” domain, authentication does not worksetfor NT domain or Active Directory authentication always fails.

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    This revision modified by yagi (Ban)

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    Users are refused access if the password doesn't match when they attempt to connect to VPN. Users can change the password registered in VPN Server themselves at any time using VPN Client. For details see 4.9 Other Functions.

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    If users set to use RADIUS authentication conduct user authentication, the authentication data sent by the user (encrypted by SSL) is sent from the SoftEther VPN Server to the RADIUS server set in advance. Users that pass user authentication by the RADIUS server are permitted by the SoftEther VPN Server to connect. In any other case, permission is denied (if user authentication fails or if RADIUS server cannot be accessed).

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    In order to conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication, the SoftEther VPN Server to conduct user authentication must be capable of running on Windows NT, with capable of participating in domain. SoftEther VPN Servers that run on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris or Macintosh OS X cannot conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication. Authentication of users set for NT domain or Active Directory authentication always fails.

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    Version as of 18:24, 21 Apr 2014

    This revision modified by yamame (Ban)

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    Password authentication is the easiest way to use for identifying and authenticating users. A password is established for the user if using password authentication.

    Users will be refused to be accessed, if the password doesn't match when they attempt to connect to VPN. Users can change the password registered in VPN Server themselves at any time using VPN Client. For details see 4.9 Other Functions.

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    If users set to use RADIUS authentication conduct user authentication, the authentication data sent by the user (encrypted by SSL) is sent from the SoftEther VPN Server to the RADIUS server set in advance. Users that pass user authentication by the RADIUS server are permitted by the SoftEther VPN Server to connect. In any other case, permission will be denied (if user authentication fails or if RADIUS server cannot be accessed).

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    In order to conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication, the SoftEther VPN Server to conduct user authentication must be capable of running on Windows NT, with capable of participating in domain. SoftEther VPN Servers that run on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition or Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris or Macintosh OS X cannot conduct NT domain or Active Directory authentication. VPN Server cannot authenticate the NT domain or Active Directory. In this case, while authentication method is set to “NT domain” or “Active Directory” domain, authentication does not work.

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