CLI authentication provides your users with more security for their Webex Meetings, Webex Events, and Webex Training sessions.
Overview
Automatic Number Identification (ANI) or Calling Line Identification (CLI) is a form of caller ID that sends a caller's phone number to the system before the call is answered. This allows you to join a meeting without having to enter a meeting number. When you call in to the audio portion of a meeting, the system verifies the number that you called in from against the number added to your Webex site preferences, and then directs you to the correct meeting.
To enable ANI/CLI Authentication, first enable it on your Webex site, then turn it on for each user. If you enable ANI/CLI authentication for users with host accounts, then they can:
Schedule a meeting with dial-in ANI/CLI teleconferencing authentication.
Specify a phone number to be authenticated when they call in to any ANI/CLI-enabled audio conference. However, they'll be authenticated only if they were invited by email during the scheduling process.
Specify an audio PIN to prevent a person from using a fake number to dial in to meetings.
Enable CLI Authentication for a Webex Site
1 | From the customer view in https://admin.webex.com, go to Services, and under Meeting, select Sites. |
2 | Select the Webex site that you want to enable CLI authentication for, and click Configure Site. |
3 | Under Common Settings, select Site Options. |
4 | Check the Enable teleconferencing CLI authentication check box. |
5 | Click Update. |
Enable CLI Authentication for Users
1 | From the customer view in https://admin.webex.com, go to Users, and select the user that you want to enable CLI authentication for. |
2 | Under Services, select Meeting, select the Webex site that you enabled CLI authentication for, and then click User Privileges. |
3 | Check the Calling Line Identification (CLI) check box, and then click Save. |