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I have been tasked with setting up our Sonicwall firewwall's IPSec VPN to use xauth with Active Directory for additional authentication. &nbsp;Has anyone done this before? Have suggested steps to accomplish this so that AD will accept authentication from an external source like a Sonicwall Firewall?<br />
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Thanks!
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I have been tasked with setting up our Sonicwall firewwall's IPSec VPN to use xauth with Active Directory for additional authentication.  Has anyone done this before? Have suggested steps to accomplish this so that AD will accept authentication from an external source like a Sonicwall Firewall?

Thanks!

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