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Automating User Authentication: Simplifying Network Troubleshooting & Security Forensics

White Paper Published By: A10 Networks

Troubleshooting network and security problems in a time of crisis is never easy and the need to resolve mysterious machine addresses such as MAC and IP Addresses back to individuals or hosts is often difficult and time consuming. Download this solution sheet and see how A10 Networks' IDentity Proxy Service can automate the task of resolving host addresses back to individuals to speed network and security troubleshooting and forensics.



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ip address, identity, network security, identity management, mac address, network management, troubleshoot, a10

A10 Networks
Published:  Aug 21, 2009
Type:  White Paper
Length:  2 pages

Instant IP-To-ID ResolutionIDentity Proxy ServiceResolving user identity information has always been a critical part of managing corporate networks and securing data resources. With regulatory demands for better logging and internal controls, companies are searching for more efficient ways of tracking and recording user activity and event logs. A10 Networks' IDentity Proxy Service is a revolutionary new technology designed to automate identity resolution with existing logging and reporting systems. IDentity Proxy Service speeds troubleshooting and forensic activities and automates compliance and internal control requirements to simplify IT processes.Traditional methods of correlating network activity to individuals have always been difficult and time consuming - manually researching MAC and TCP/IP addresses and trying to correlate them with entries from multiple logs stored on different systems. This requires many interim steps involving multiple network services and IT personnel - often taking hours and increasing the risk of security IDSentrie 1000 Components breaches and infections.. Hardened RADIUS Server For companies that need to comply . Authentication Proxy with tough regulations and internal controls, the ability to automate user authentication . Unified IDentity Manager information with logging and reporting systems can save enormous amounts of time and . User Self-Help Service simplify auditing procedures - eliminating the need to manually piece together information from different network, security, and application logs.. IDentity Proxy Service. IDentity Event Manager With A10's IDentity Proxy Service, the hours spent manually tracing network activity and log events to an individual are a thing of the past.. Advanced Reporting. DHCP Server
Open ArchitectureA10's IDentity Proxy Service provides easy and standard methods for 3rd party applications to communicate with IDSentrie. XML - Provides simple and fast integration with any web application for ad-hoc identity resolution. Script - Provides quick high-performance integration with any logging or reporting application requir-ing batched identity resolution.GUI - Provides instant ad-hoc identity resolution through IDSentrie's intuitive Web GUI without any development efforts.
Secure AccessAccess to IDSentrie's IDentity Proxy Service is secure. All communications are authenticated and can be encrypted using SSL or SSH to ensure privacy.
Automating Identity ResolutionIDentity Proxy Service provides fast and automated identity correlation for virtually any 3rd party application needing identity resolution for IP or MAC addresses. To ensure fast deployment, A10 has developed a secure and standard-based backend with multiple client approaches. Resolving IP Addresses with IDSentrie Management GUI
Integrated GUI XML ClientCustomers can leverage IDentity Proxy Service right out of the Customers who need to automate identity resolution with their box. Using IDSentrie's management interface, IP addresses can existing syslog servers, log files, security or network monitoring be resolved instantly to reduce the time required to troubleshoot applications can use either the XML or Scripting clients with network issues and track down users causing security problems. programming languages such as Perl or C to maximize perfor-mance. Instant IP-To-ID Resolution
Application Integrationlogin_account A10's IDentity Proxy Service can also be easily integrated into password security and networking applications such as firewalls, intrusion session_number detection and prevention systems, and network sniffers to provide instant identity resolution. 192.168.200.174 A10 provides an integration example with the popular open source 255.255.255.0 Intrusion Detection System (IDS) application Snort to show just how 2006-5-18 0:0:0 +0000 fast customers and partners can integrate IDSentrie's identity 2006-5-19 12:30:0 +0000 technology into their existing applications or products. With identity resolution added to security and network applications, customers can now obtai... [download for more]

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