1. A method, comprising: receiving a session descriptor by a processor at a network gateway, the session descriptor received from a host with a process attempting to establish a network connection via the network gateway, wherein the process is running on the host with a particular set of one or more user credentials, wherein the session descriptor includes a universally unique identifier (UUID) associated with the host and the particular set of one or more user credentials, wherein the host is configured to permit user authentication by any one of a plurality of sets of one or more user credentials, and wherein each set of the plurality of sets of one or more user credentials is associated with a different UUID; pairing the network connection with the particular set of one or more user credentials, wherein the pairing is based on the session descriptor; correlating the session descriptor with a network policy; and applying the network policy to the network connection, wherein the network policy is implemented based, at least in part, on the particular set of one or more user credentials paired with the network connection.