Sophos XG Firewall Web Interface Reference and Admin Guide v16.5

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Note: Before saving, you have two more options on this page

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Reset User Accounting

- Click to restart the accounting of the guest user's Internet usage.

Note: You cannot reset the user accounting of live users.

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View Usage

- Click to view the Internet usage information of a particular guest user.

6. Click Save .

The guest user settings have been updated.

Clientless Users

The Clientless Users page displays a list of all the clientless users.

Clientless users are the users who can bypass the client login to access the Internet and are managed by the device itself. As clientless users can bypass the device login, create clientless users when your network has few Non-

Windows machines, VOIP boxes, or servers.

Add a Single Clientless User

This page describes how to add a single clientless user.

1. Go to System > Authentication > Clientless Usersand click Add.

2. Specify the clientless users details.

Username

Specify a username which uniquely identifies the user and will be used for login.

IP Address

Specify an IP address(IPv4/IPv6) for the clientless user.

Group

Select a group to which the user is to be added. The user will inherit all the polices assigned to the group.

Change the policies applied to the user by editing the user details (once the user has been created).

Name

Enter a unique name for the user.

Email

Specify an email address.

Quarantine Digest

Configure quarantine digest. Quarantine digest is an email and contains a list of quarantined spam messages filtered by the device and held in the user quarantine area. If configured, the device will mail the quarantine digest to the user every day. The digest provides a link to the User Portal from where the user can access quarantined messages and take the required action.

Available Options:

• Enable - User will receive the quarantine digest daily. This option overrides the group setting.

• Disable - User will not receive quarantine digests. This option overrides the group setting.

• Apply Group Settings - User will receive quarantine digests as configured for the group the user belongs to.

Note: Quarantine digest is not available for Wi-Fi devices.

Description

Specify a user description.

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Figure 410: Add Clientless User

By clicking the icon you can add further users.

By clicking the icon you can remove users.

3. Click Save.

Reset User Accounting

This option allows you to reset the Internet usage time and data transfer of the user.

1.

Edit the user account of the user whose data accounting you want to reset by clicking the icon in the Manage column.

2. Click Reset User Accounting and OK to confirm.

Note: You cannot reset user accounting for the live user.

View Usage

This page describes how to view the Internet usage and data transfer usage of users.

1. Go to Configure > Authentication > Users.

2.

Edit the user account of the user whose data usage you want to view by clicking the icon in the Manage column.

3. Click View Usage.

A pop-up window displays policy information such as time allotted, renewal of the surfing quota cycle, the data transfer cycle and the spent Internet usage time. In addition it provides facts on the network traffic.

4. Select the month for which you want to display the usage information.

5. Click OK to return to the parent page.

Add Multiple Clientless Users

This page describes how to add multiple clientless users.

1. Go to Configure > Authentication > Clientless Usersand click Add Range.

2. Specify the following:

From IP

Specify a Start-IP address for the range.

To IP

Specify an End-IP address for the range.

Group

You can change the policies applied to the user by editing the user details. If you change the policies for the user, user specific policies will take precedence over user group policies.

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Figure 411: Clientless User

3. Click Save.

The users have been created and appear on the Clientless Users page.

Note: The users only appear with their IP addresses. To allocate names to these addresses, you have to edit each user.

Changing Policies of the Clientless User

This page describes how to change the policies configured for a clientless user.

Changing the policies applied to a user can be performed by updating the user details. If you change the policies for the user, user specific policies will take precedence over user group policies.

1. Go to Configure > Authentication > Clientless Users.

2.

Select the user for which you want to change the policies by clicking the icon in the Manage column.

3. Update the Policies.

Traffic Shaping

Change the Traffic Shaping policy applied to the user.

The policy applied here will take the precedence over the group policy.

You can also create a new traffic shaping policy on this page or on the System > Profiles > Traffic

Shaping page.

Quarantine Digest

Configure quarantine digest.

Quarantine digest is an email and contains a list of quarantined spam messages filtered by the device and held in the user quarantine area. If configured, the device will mail the quarantine digest every day to the user. The digest provides a link to the User Portal from where the user can access his quarantined messages and take the required action.

Available Options:

• Enable - User will receive the quarantine digest daily. This option overrides the group setting.

• Disable - User will not receive quarantine digests. This option overrides the group setting.

Note: Quarantine digest is not available for Wi-Fi devices.

Figure 412: Policies

Note: Before saving, you have two more options on this page.

•

Reset User Accounting

- Click to reset the Internet usage time and data transfer of the user.