RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Guide
Last Modified November 29, 2001
1. Partner Information
Partner Name Stonesoft Corp.
Web Site www.stonesoft.com
Product Name StoneGate Firewall
Version & Platform
Product Description
Product Category Firewall
Version 1.6.3
StoneGate is the first firewall and VPN solution offering
high security, high performance and availability. It features:
An embedded OS for increased security.
Multiple ISP and VPN load balancing to ensure continuous
network connectivity.
Advanced centralized administration tools for enterprise wide management of the firewall infrastructure.
2. Contact Information
E-mail sales@stonesoft.com support@stonesoft.com
Phone +358 9 4767 11 +358 9 4767 11
Web www.stonesoft.com www.stonesoft.com
Sales Contact
Support Contact
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3. Solution Summary
Feature Details
Authentication Methods Supported RADIUS, TACACS+.
ACE/Agent Library Version N/A
ACE 5 Locking N/A
Replica ACE/Server Support N/A
Secondary RADIUS/TACACS+
Yes (up to 10 supported)
Server Support
Location of Node Secret on Client None stored
ACE/Server Agent Host Type UNIX Agent
SecurID User Specification Designated users, all users, SecurID as
default.
SecurID Protection of
No
Administrators
StoneGate system architecture.
GUI client
GUI client
Authentication servers
GUI client
Management system
ACE/Server
Primary
&
Replica
Database
Log
server
Node 2Node 1 Node 3
Management
server
Firewall cluster
Database
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4. Product Requirements
• Hardware requirements
Component Name: StoneGate Management system
CPU make/speed required Pentium processor, suggested minimum processor speed
500 MHz
Memory 128 MB minimum, 256 MB or more recommended
HD space 4GB for evaluation (20 GB or more for production use).
Component Name: StoneGate Firewall Engine
CPU make/speed required Pentium processor, suggested minimum processor speed
300 MHz
Memory 128 MB
HD space 1 GB
• Software requirements
Component Name: StoneGate Management System
Operating System Version (Patch-level)
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a, English language version
Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, English language version
Sun Solaris 2.6 & 2.7
RedHat Linux 7.0 and 7.1, English language version
Component Name: StoneGate Firewall engine
Operating System Version (Patch-level)
Linux–based, provided
with product
1.6.3
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5. Partner ACE/Agent configuration
Supported authentication types with RSA SecurID product
Client-initiated authentication
Client initiated authentication means that the user starts the authentication process. It can be
done with two tools: Authentication Client software (part of StoneGate VPN Client software)
or using Telnet to connect to the firewall cluster on port 2543.
It is possible to authorize the client's IP address for a period of time with client initiated
authentication. It is also possible to authorize the next opening connection from the client.
The authorization part is specified in the access rule base.
Firewall-initiated authentication
Firewall-initiated authentication means that the firewall cluster starts the authentication
process. It can be used only with the Authentication Client software. This software is part of
StoneGate VPN Client software.
In firewall initiated authentication the firewall makes the connection to the client. This
naturally requires that the client is reachable, e.g. there can't be NAT between firewall
engine and the client.
With firewall initiated authentication it is also possible to authorize either the client's IP
address or the current connection.
No software, other than StoneGate Management system and StoneGate firewall -engine are
required to support Client initiated authentication, though the Authentication Client software
included in the StoneGate VPN Client can be used.
For Firewall initiated authentication support the StoneGate Authentication Client software
MUST be used.
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StoneGate Firewall / RSA SecurID Configuration – User Authentication
The following steps can be carried out using the Stonegate User Manager GUI:
• Create an Authentication service (type can be Radius or Tacacs+).
• Create Authentication Server/Servers with correct type.
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• All Created Authentication Servers must be bound to the Authentication Service.
Having created your Service(s) and Server(s), you must now create users within the
StoneGate user Database.
If you want to use ACE/Server authentication as your default Authentication Service for all
users, create a special user with the UserN
database and bind it to the previously created Authentication Service.
ame: *external* within the StoneGate user
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Using this generic method of authentication, *external* is the only user you will be required
to create within the StoneGate user database.
If there is a need to configure Authentication Services on a per user basis, it can be done by
creating individual user records within the StoneGate user database and binding them to the
appropriate Authentication Service.
Using the Security Policy Manager, associate the appropriate access rules to the users or
user group being authenticated by the RSA ACE/Server.
More detailed information on using StoneGate Firewall user Access and authentication rules
can be found in the StoneGate Firewall Administrator’s Guide. See Chapter 10: Defining
users and user authentication.
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Example SecurID enabled login sequences
Firewall initiated authentication with ACE/Server user account set to New PIN-mode.
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6. Certification Checklist
Date Tested: November 22, 2001
Product Tested Version
ACE/Server 5.0.1
ACE/Agent N/A
StoneGate firewall & VPN Client 1.6.3
Test
1st time auth. (node secret creation)
New PIN mode:
System-generated
Non-PINPAD token N/A P
PINPAD token N/A P
User-defined (4-8 alphanumeric)
Non-PINPAD token N/A P
Password N/A P
User-defined (5-7 numeric)
Non-PINPAD token N/A P
PINPAD token N/A P
SoftID token N/A P
Deny 4 digit PIN N/A P
Deny Alphanumeric N/A P
User-selectable
Non-PINPAD token N/A P
PINPAD token N/A P
PASSCODE
16 Digit PASSCODE N/A P
4 Digit Password N/A P
Next Tokencode mode
Non-PINPAD token N/A P
PINPAD token N/A P
Replica Servers
User Lock Test (ACE Lock Function)
No ACE/Server
N/A N/A
N/A P
N/A N/A
N/A P
ACE
RADIUS
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7. Known Issues
• If a clustered StoneGate firewall solution is used with RSA SecurID then an Agent Host
entry must be defined within the ACE/Server database for each firewall cluster member.
• The Firewall cluster members share configured authentication service/server information.
As a result of this when configuring Agents Hosts on the ACE/Server database, the
same Shared Secret value must be used for each cluster member.
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