Anon-user

[thawks]

I have just set this up on my domain but the block history is showing anon-user instead of the actual username

How do I fix this?

[support200]

You have to enable User Athetication on 'System > Setup'. And then create users or import users.

• NxFilter and Authentication - https://tutorial.nxfilter.org/c-nxfi...entication.php
• User authentication in your network by IP address using NxFilter - https://youtu.be/cRw_yDwuBtQ?si=kuSTWP3XcC86alqd
• User authentication in your network by password using NxFilter - https://youtu.be/y5E63KaUASw?si=Z-W-j8UWG13o4n4V
• Import users from Active Directory on NxFilter - https://youtu.be/xl1BzyT-bAw?si=YAazEtX9LKLKzmhG

[thawks]

I seem to have fixed that issue but now no policy is enforced, the users are listed and LDAP connection successful but on the client machine it is no longer applying the policy

[support200]

They need to be under Default policy if you create new users. If you want to apply other policies, read https://forum.nxfilter.org/tips-tric...em-of-nxfilter

[thawks]

I am trying to import users and groups in AD (which is working) however my base DN is DC=home,DC=lan

Which imports all groups and users, however i dont want it to target admins i.e. domain ads, enterprise and so on

Do I have do manually delete those groups or change their policy individually?

[support200]

You can excluded those users and groups in this way. https://forum.nxfilter.org/tips-tric...e-created-ones

[thawks]

Also nothing is currently being blocked and i am not sure why, also enabled user authentication but it still shows anon-user

[support200]

Did you block anything on any policy? Your users need to go throug a login process to appear with their username.

[support200]

Maybe you need to see how to block something by NxFilter first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvYN...nnel=Jahastech

[thawks]

I know how to block things I checked every category and selected block all just to test and make sure it works but the problem is when I add another IP and create new DNS records for NxFilter to fix the port 53 binding issue, the client machine does not sync with or recognise the filter, obviously I am doing something wrong.

I have imported all my users and groups and the LDAP connection succeeds.

[support200]

Does your client PC sends DNS quries to NxFilter? Does it appear on 'Logging > Request?

If so, try 'nslookup google.com' on CMD of the PC. Then it shows which DNS server it is using. See if there's secondary DNS server or an IPv6 DNS server for the PC.

And when you test if NxFilter working of not, it's always a good idea to verify it with Nslookup or Dig.