Transparent Authentication with AD Login
Internet
Intranet
Mail
Servers
CRM
Database
Active Directory Server
RADIUS Server
LDAP Server
User logs into the Active
Directory domain with
user name and password
1
ExtremeXOS
®
network
“snoops” the Kerberos login
by capturing the user name
2
Active Directory validates
and approves user credentials
and responds to host
3
ExtremeXOS grants
network access based on
AD server response
4
Username IP MAC
Computer
Name
VLAN
Location
Switch Port #
John_Smith 10.1.1.101 00:00:00:00:01 Laptop_1011 1 24
User and Device Awareness through Transparent Authentication
• No software agents required – utilize existing authentication methods
• Do not need to retrain users on logging on to the network
Success
Why does it matter for the DC?
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