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Daniel_Ao_10370
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Jul 03, 2009

Authentication through ldap or local database

I have an LTM and I would like to enable authentication when client initiate session to the backend servers. Is it possible to authenticate users through Active Directory? Is Authentication module req...
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hoolio
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Jul 03, 2009
I'm pretty sure you need to buy the ACA to use any remote database for client authentication. And no, you cannot configure the local admin database for client authentication.

 

 

If you can use HTTP to send the auth request to a remote host, you could use HTTP::retry as described in Deb's article:

 

 

Conditioning iRule Logic on External Information - 1 - HTTP::retry

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=63&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=105

 

 

Aaron