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Fortress Bridge: Administration

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Access user configurable settings for an authenticating device
by clicking its

Edit

button under

AUTHORIZED

DEVICES

(Section

4.1.2.1). Configurable settings include:

‹

Device Name

- accepts up to 64 alphanumeric characters

by which you can identify the device.

If a device has a hostname associated with it (the
hostname of a laptop running the Fortress Secure Client,
for instance), that hostname is included for the device when
it is first added to the

DEVICE

AUTHENTICATION

screen. If no

hostname is associated with the device, it will be added
without one.

‹

Auth Option

- configures whether the Bridge will additionally

require user authentication before allowing the device to
connect to the encrypted zone.

If you enabled

Local

authentication while leaving the

settings under

AUTHENTICATION

OPTIONS

(Section 3.6.6.8) at

their defaults, devices auto-populate the

AUTHORIZED

DEVICES

list with the user authentication option.

‹

Auth State

- configures the initial state of the device’s

connection to the encrypted zone:

™

Allow

- the device will be allowed to connect.

™

Pending

- connection requires administrator action:

Change the device’s

Auth State

to

Allow

.

If you enabled

Local

authentication while leaving

settings under

AUTHENTICATION

DEFAULTS

(Section

3.6.6.8) at their defaults, devices auto-populate the

AUTHORIZED

DEVICES

list a

State

of

Pending

.

™

Deny

- the device is not allowed on the network.

4.1.2.1

Editing a Device
You can edit an existing hostname or add one for a device that
has no hostname. You can also reconfigure any individual
device’s

Auth Option

and

Auth State

.

To edit a device:

1

Log on to the Bridge GUI

admin

account and choose

DEVICE

AUTHENTICATION

from the menu on the left.