Firewalls: Authenticating SSL through FW-1

Firewalls
(March 1997)

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Subject:	Authenticating SSL through FW-1
From:	"Kavanaugh, Dennis C (dckavan)" <DCKAVAN @ msg . PacBell . COM>
Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:51:37 -0800
To:	"'fw-1-mailinglist @ us . checkpoint . com'" <fw-1-mailinglist @ us . checkpoint . com>
Cc:	"'firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM'" <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>

Is it possible to perform user authentication (SDI token/Radius or
internal FW) for an SSL session to an internal WWW server through our
firewall? Does SSL begin its life as a 'normal' (= port 80) session,
then become SSL (= port 443)? Or, is the firewall able to send back a
'clear'  or SSL'ized authentication prompt to the user?

Thanks in advance.

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