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Date:      Mon, 03 Nov 1997 17:50:59 -0600
From:      Kevin Brown <kbrown@primelink.com>
To:        brian@cbiowa.com, freebsd ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: User name authentication through firewalls
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19971103175057.009d7c70@mail.primelink.com>

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At 04:35 PM 11/3/97 -0600, Brian Weber wrote:
>Here is what I am up against.  I am asked to install a firewall that
>will allow traffice on different ports.  So far pretty standard.  They
>want that access given through user name not ip address.  That is were
>the problem is.  I have been told that NT can do this through there
>proxy server.  Is this possible through freebsd or linux or should I
>just go with the nt solution.
>	Please tell me there is a way to make unix do this!!!!

IBM's Secure Network Gateway does this very well, and much more.  But it
honestly prefers AIX 4.1 or higher.  I'm sure you were looking for a more
FreeBSD oriented solution...I haven't been exposed.  Perhaps Guardian's
Unix deployment would work... check with them at http://www.netguard.com
>-- 
>----------
>Brian Weber
>brian@cbiowa.com
>http://www.lunix.org
>
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