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User Based Policies — Authentication tab

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The Authentication tab under the User Based Policies allows you to define the authentication for the user in the client system and to limit the user's logon hours.

Option

Definition

Token type

The authentication token type, for example, password or smartcard.

Certificate rule

Drive Encryption enhances the use of PKI and tokens to allow users to authenticate using their certificates. You can use certificate rules to quickly make your Drive Encryption enterprise aware of all certificate-holding users, and allow them to be allocated to PCs using Drive Encryption without having to create new smart cards or other forms of token for their use.

  • Provide LDAP user certificate — Provides the latest LDAP user certificate.

  • Enforce certificate validity period on client — By default, this is enabled to enforce certificate validity period for the added certificate rule.

  • Use latest certificate — Select this to include the latest certificate while adding certificate rule.

Add certificate rule — Use this option to add different certificate rules.

Logon Hours

This defines the day and the timeline when the user can log on to the client system. The restrictions are applied using the Apply restrictions option.

Duplicate

Duplicates or copies the policy with a different name and this can be assigned to a different user.

Save

Saves the User Based Policy of Drive Encryption.

Cancel

Exits the current page.