What is authentication and authorization for remote access authentication?
Authentication and Authorization for Remote Access Authenticationis a way to restrict access to specific users when these users access a remote machine. Authentication can be set up at both the machine level and the network level.
What is authorization in network security?
Once a user gains access to a remote machine, authorizationis a way to restrict operations that the user can perform on the remote system. The following table lists the types of authentications and authorizations that can help protect your machines on the network against unauthorized use.
How does a load balancer authenticate a user?
After your load balancer authenticates a user successfully, it sends the user claims received from the IdP to the target. The load balancer signs the user claim so that applications can verify the signature and verify that the claims were sent by the load balancer. The access token from the token endpoint, in plain text.
How do I login to the data loader without a security token?
If you go to Setup > Manage Users > Profiles > Your Profile > Login IP Ranges, you can add your ip address to the list, and you will be able to login to the Data Loader with just your username and password, without having to add a security token.
What is application proxy?
Application Proxy works with: 1 Web applications that use Integrated Windows Authentication for authentication 2 Web applications that use form-based or header-based access 3 Web APIs that you want to expose to rich applications on different devices 4 Applications hosted behind a Remote Desktop Gateway 5 Rich client apps that are integrated with the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
How does Azure AD work?
Azure AD, the Application Proxy service, and the Application Proxy connector work together to securely pass the user sign-on token from Azure AD to the web application. Application Proxy works with: Web applications that use Integrated Windows Authentication for authentication. Web applications that use form-based or header-based access.
Can Azure applications use Conditional Access?
On-premises applications can use Azure's authorization controls and security analytics. For example, on-premises applications can use Conditional Access and two-step verification. Application Proxy doesn't require you to open inbound connections through your firewall. Cost-effective.
Does Azure AD require a proxy?
Like most Azure AD hybrid agents, the Application Proxy Connector doesn't require you to open inbound connections through your firewall. User traffic in step 3 terminates at the Application Proxy Service (in Azure AD). The Application Proxy Connector (on-premises) is responsible for the rest of the communication.
Prepare to use an OIDC-compliant IdP
Do the following if you are using an OIDC-compliant IdP with your Application Load Balancer:
Prepare to use Amazon Cognito
Do the following if you are using Amazon Cognito user pools with your Application Load Balancer:
Prepare to use Amazon CloudFront
Enable the following settings if you are using a CloudFront distribution in front of your Application Load Balancer:
Configure user authentication
You configure user authentication by creating an authenticate action for one or more listener rules. The authenticate-cognito and authenticate-oidc action types are supported only with HTTPS listeners.
Authentication flow
The following network diagram is a visual representation of how an Application Load Balancer uses OIDC to authenticate users.
User claims encoding and signature verification
After your load balancer authenticates a user successfully, it sends the user claims received from the IdP to the target. The load balancer signs the user claim so that applications can verify the signature and verify that the claims were sent by the load balancer.
Session timeout
If the session timeout is shorter than the access token expiration, the load balancer honors the session timeout. If the user has an active session with the IdP, the user might not be prompted to log in again. Otherwise, the user is redirected to log in.