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by d.jones092

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Is it possible for people to authenticate to AD via a VPN connection? Meaning, say I have 4 remote sites, 1 central site. Each site has a 2000 server and is an "island" unto itself. If I pull back the servers in the remote sites, is there a way for the remote pcs to authenticate over the vpn to the main office?

Thanks for any info.

Dennis Jones

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by d_v ant

That depends on your VPN. We use Checkpoints secure client here coupled with a Checkpoint hardware VPN. It has a feature called Secure Domain Login. Each client authenticates with the domain as if they were on the network. We have seen some issues with extremely long (30 + minutes) boot times and had to stop using it, but it is possible.

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