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Subject: Re: Dynamic firewall
From: Bill Husler <bhusler @ community . net>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 15:55:07 -0800
To: "T. Jay Humphries" <tjay @ tj . byu . edu>, <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>

>Subject:     Re: Dynamic firewall
>From:        T. Jay Humphries, tjay @
 tj .
 byu .
 edu

..
> we want
>to close all Internet access off and dynamically allow authorized access to
>only the students we have authenticated.
>
>When a student logs into the lab network we validate them from our student
>database, record session times (start and finish), who they are, the MAC
>address of the workstation and the IP address assigned to them for that
>session.  After the student has been authenticated we would like to take that
>information and dynamically configure the firewall to allow Internet 
>access for
>that student during that session.  
..
I think most Proxie type Firewalls provide for User based access controls 
- before being allowed use of the proxies, the student would be required 
to authenticate at the firewall. Only students with IDs on the firewall 
would be allowed use.
Bill






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