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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Auto-Configuration of URLs to Bypass User Authentication
You can use the Auto-Configure utility to temporarily allow traffic from a single specified IP
address to bypass authentication. The destinations that traffic accesses are then recorded and
used to allow that traffic to bypass user authentication. Typically this is used to allow traffic such
as anti-virus updates and Windows updates. To auto-configure the URL bypass list, perform the
following steps:
Step 1 On the Users > Settings page, under the Other Global User Settings heading, click the Auto-
configure button.
Step 2 Enter the IP address that you want to allow traffic from and click Start.
Step 3 Run the traffic that needs to bypass authentication. Traffic that would otherwise be blocked by
firewall rules needing authentication will be allowed through and the destinations recorded. As
traffic is detected, the destionatin addresses will be recorded in the window.
Step 4 To convert a specific address to a more generic wildcard, select the address and click Convert
to wildcard.
Step 5 To convert a specific address to a more generic class B (16-bit) or class C (24-bit) network,
select the address, click either Class B or Class C and click Convert to network(s).