topic Re: mac base client authentication in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/mac-base-client-authentication/m-p/37178#M2999 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We don't support MAC-based authentication, which you would typically find in a NAC solution.</P><P>What you can do is use Identity Awareness to only allow machines that are connected to Active Directory (and thus "corporate" machines) to be allowed to access resources.</P><P>Create an Access Role and use it in the relevant rules.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.checkpoint.com/legacyfs/online/checkpoint/67034_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:39:12 GMT PhoneBoy 2018-07-13T10:39:12Z mac base client authentication https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/mac-base-client-authentication/m-p/37177#M2998 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>We have Check point 5800 appliance at our H.O.&nbsp; There are 50 branch locations connected to H.O through MPLS link. Branch location node/client accessing application from H.O. server through Check point 5800 </P><P>Query –&nbsp; Can we configure mac base authentication on Check point 5800 only for valid branch location node/client. Or any other way we can whitelist the known user.</P><P>We need to avoid outside/employee home laptop to connect H.O. network</P><P></P><P>Thank you..</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:44:48 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/mac-base-client-authentication/m-p/37177#M2998 Nikhil_Patil 2018-07-07T12:44:48Z Re: mac base client authentication https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/mac-base-client-authentication/m-p/37178#M2999 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We don't support MAC-based authentication, which you would typically find in a NAC solution.</P><P>What you can do is use Identity Awareness to only allow machines that are connected to Active Directory (and thus "corporate" machines) to be allowed to access resources.</P><P>Create an Access Role and use it in the relevant rules.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.checkpoint.com/legacyfs/online/checkpoint/67034_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:39:12 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/mac-base-client-authentication/m-p/37178#M2999 PhoneBoy 2018-07-13T10:39:12Z