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Revision History

Date	Description
8 December 2025	Updated Transparent Kerberos Authentication Configuration
09 November 2025	Updated: Configuring Identity Awareness Gateway as an Active Directory Proxy
28 May 2025	Updated: Configuring Identity Awareness Gateway as an Active Directory Proxy Selecting Identity Sources
12 February 2025	Updated: Configuring AD Query SAML Identity Provider for Identity Awareness
16 December 2024	Updated: SAML Identity Provider for Identity Awareness
17 October 2024	Added: Identity Cache Mode for Identity Sharing Protocols Updated: pdp broker - Identity Cache Mode pep control - Identity Cache Mode
19 March 2024	Updated: SAML Identity Provider for Identity Awareness - moved content about Mobile Access Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that provides a Remote Access VPN access for managed and unmanaged clients. Acronym: MAB. software blade to R81.20 Mobile Access Administration Guide.
20 August 2023	Updated: Using Azure AD for Authorization
06 July 2023	Added: Identity Conciliation - PDP Identity Conciliation - PEP
29 May 2023	Updated: Introduction to Identity Awareness
03 April 2023	Removed: Moved documentation of Identity Awareness Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that enforces network access and audits data based on network location, the identity of the user, and the identity of the computer. Acronym: IDA. Clients to the Identity Awareness Clients Administration Guide. Updated: Configuring Browser-Based Authentication Configuring Identity Awareness API Identity Broker
30 January 2023	Updated: Browser-Based Authentication Using Identity Awareness in the Firewall Rule Base
17 January 2023	Updated: Configuring AD Query
04 December 2022	Updated: SAML Identity Provider for Identity Awareness
20 November 2022	First release of this document