IP Address Labeling Proxy Authentication

Web Filtering Proxy can use pseudo (not real) authentication. In this case administrator assigns human readable labels for IP addresses. This is generally applicable only in small networks with static IP addresses (home networks) - the main purpose of this is to have meaningful names in the traffic reports. Note this type of authentication is not a real proxy authentication and is implemented solely by web proxy associating a connecting IP address with a given label.

The list of IP address labels can be managed in Admin UI / IP Labeling Manager.

Managing IP Labels

You can create new IP labels, edit existing ones and remove them as indicated on the following screenshots.

To add a new label, select the Add New button, fill in the label attributes and click OK.

To remove the labels, select one or more of them in the list and click the Remove button.

Enable Authentication in Proxy Settings

After configuring the IP address labels, do not forget to actually enable the authentication in proxy settings. This can be done in Admin UI / Proxy Settings / Authentication.

Set radio button to Assign labels for connecting IP addresses.

Do not forget to Restart the Web Filtering Proxy service in order for the changes to be applied.

Presentation in Browser

Note that as IP address labeling pseudo authentication is enabled, your browser will not know anything about it and will not show any pop-ups. The user will just be browsing as usual without any interference. Nevertheless, the access log of the application will show the user name (label) in monitoring records. If no label is found for a given IP address the user name will stay empty.