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Expand Up @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ for a specific user group. A user should be an individual, a group needs to be
specific in such a way that anyone of that group can be granted the same access
rights, called privileges.

.. Note::

It's not always required to have users in your local database, when the remote server
should merely answer the question if a user offers a valid user/password combination,
most services can just push this question to the authenticating server. Constraints
in some cases can be part of the authenticator as well. When the user should login
to the firewall (for example to change settings or download a profile), a local user
is always required as it serves as a linking pin to the ACL system.


Authentication services
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