User Notifications During Computing Network Access

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more network interface ports configured to enable network communications;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the one or more network interface ports and the memory, the processor configured to:
• receive a notification that a network device in a computing network has blocked a service request directed towards a network resource of the computing network;
• determine, based on authentication information associated with one or more of a network endpoint that transmitted the service request and a user at the network endpoint, if the user should be notified of a reason that the network device blocked the service request;
• and
• if is determined that the user should be notified, transmit a notification summarizing the reason that the network device blocked the service request to the network endpoint.

One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to:

• receive a notification that a network device in a computing network has blocked a service request directed towards a network resource of the computing network;
• determine, based on authentication information associated with one or more of a network endpoint that transmitted the service request and a user at the network endpoint, if the user should be notified of a reason that the network device blocked the service request;
• and
• if is determined that the user should be notified, transmit a notification summarizing the reason that the network device blocked the service request to the network endpoint.