Satyr Manual

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Revision History
Revision 2.0 July 1, 2006
Updated for Zorp 3.1

Abstract

Developed by BalaBit, Zorp Authentication Agent (Satyr) is an authentication client, capable of cooperating with the Zorp firewall and the Zorp Authentication Server (ZAS) to identify the users initiating network connections. Zorp Authentication Agent enables the complete network traffic to be audited on the user level. This document has two main sections:

The first part introduces the use of the authentication agent to the users.

The second part is intended for the system administrators and describes the concepts of communication between Zorp and the authentication agent, as well as the installation and configuration of the software on Microsoft Windows and Debian GNU/Linux platforms.



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