SonicWall SSO Authentication Using the SSO Agent

For users on individual Windows workstations, the SSO Agent (on the SSO workstation) handles the authentication requests from the firewall. There are six steps involved in SonicWall SSO authentication using the SSO Agent.

The SSO authentication process is initiated when user traffic passes through a firewall. For example, when a user accesses the Internet. The sent packets are temporarily blocked and saved while the firewall sends a “User Name” request and workstation IP address to the authorization agent running the SSO Agent (the SSO workstation).

The authorization agent running the SSO Agent provides the firewall with the user name currently logged into the workstation. A User IP Table entry is created for the logged in user, similarly to RADIUS and LDAP.