SafeNet Trusted Access Integration Guide

SafeNet Trusted Access uses the RADIUS protocol to communicate with many VPN and access gateway solutions. This document describes how to integrate the SafeNet Trusted Access two-factor authentication solution with the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client.

Platform and Software

The hardware and software used to complete the steps outlined in this document include:

  • Firebox with Fireware v12.8.1
  • SafeNet Trusted Access Web UI
  • MobilePASS 8.4.6.0

How SafeNet Trusted Access Works

This diagram shows the data flow of a multi-factor authentication transaction with the WatchGuard Firebox.

The data flow diagram

  1. A user logs on to the WatchGuard Firebox with a One Time Password (OTP).
  2. The Firebox sends a RADIUS request with the user credentials to SafeNet Trusted Access for validation.
  3. SafeNet Trusted Access sends the authentication reply back to the Firebox.
  4. The user is granted or denied access through the Firebox based on the response from SafeNet Trusted Access.

Configure SafeNet Trusted Access

The deployment of SafeNet Trusted Access multi-factor authentication for a WatchGuard Firebox with the RADIUS protocol requires:

  • User stores synchronized to SafeNet Trusted Access.
  • Authenticator assignment in SafeNet Trusted Access.
  • WatchGuard Firebox added as an authentication node in SafeNet Trusted Access.

Synchronize User Stores to SafeNet Trusted Access

Before SafeNet Trusted Access can authenticate users, you must create a user store in SafeNet Trusted Access for the users who must use multi-factor authentication. User records are created in SafeNet Trusted Access user store with one of the these methods:

  • Manually — Use the Create User shortcut to create one user at a time.
  • Manually — Import one or more user records in a flat file.
  • Automatically — Use the SafeNet Trusted Access Synchronization Agent to synchronize with your Active Directory/LDAP server.

For more information on how to import users to SafeNet Trusted Access, see the section on user creation in the SafeNet Authentication Service Subscriber Account Operator Guide.

In this section, we show you how to use the Create User shortcut to manually create users. To learn more about how to create users, see the SafeNet Trusted Access documentation.

To manually create a user in SafeNet Trusted Access:

  1. Log in to the SafeNet Trusted Access Web UI with your Operator account and password.
  2. Click Create User.
    The Create User page opens.

Screenshot of Create User page

  1. Type the First Name, Last Name, and User ID of the user. In our example, we use user0720 as our user.
  2. Type a valid email address for the user.
  3. Click Add.

Authenticator Assignment in SafeNet Trusted Access

SafeNet Trusted Access supports many authentication methods as optional secondary authentication factors for users who authenticate through their WatchGuard Firebox:

  • eToken PASS
  • RB-1 keypad token
  • KT-4 token
  • SafeNet GOLD
  • SMS tokens
  • MP-1 software token
  • GrIDsure authentication
  • MobilePASS

There are two methods to assign authentication to users:

  • Provision Manually — Assign an authenticator to users one at a time
  • Provision Rules — Set rules in SafeNet Trusted Access that trigger when group memberships and other user attributes change (an authenticator is assigned automatically to the user)

    For more information about how to provision different authentication methods to users in the SafeNet Trusted Access user store, see the SafeNet Trusted Access documentation.

In this document, we describe how to manually provision a MobilePASS authenticator and assign it to user0720.

To assign a MobilePASS authenticator to a user in SafeNet Trusted Access:

  1. From the User Detail page, select Authentication Methods.

Screenshot of User Detail Assignment page

  1. Click Provision.

Screenshot of Authentication Methods page

  1. From the Select Authentication Type list, select the MobilePASS authentication type.
  2. Click Provision.
    SafeNet Trusted Access sends an email message to the email address for your user.
  3. Open the email message and click the link to enroll your MobilePASS token. This is an example email message.

Screenshot of example email

If the MobilePASS token enrolls successfully, you see a passcode.

Screenshot of Enroll MobliePASS success dialog box

Add WatchGuard Firebox as an Authentication Node in SafeNet Trusted Access

You must add a RADIUS entry in the SafeNet Trusted Access Authentication Nodes module so that SafeNet Trusted Access can receive RADIUS authentication requests from your Firebox. To do this, you must know the IP address of your Firebox and specify the shared secret for SafeNet Trusted Access and the Firebox to use.

To add an authentication node in SafeNet Trusted Access:

  1. Log in to the SafeNet Trusted Access Web UI with the Operator account and password.
  2. Select Comms > Auth Nodes.

Screenshot of Comms Auth Nodes page

  1. Click the Auth Nodes link.
    The Primary RADIUS Server IP and Failover RADIUS Server IP appear.

Screenshot of Add auth nodes page

  1. Click Add.

Screenshot of auth node info page

  1. Select the Add Auth Nodes tab.
  2. In the Auth Node Name text box, type a name to describe this authentication node.
  3. In the Host Name text box, type the name of the host that will authenticate with SafeNet Trusted Access.
  4. In the Low IP Address in Range text box, type the IP address of the host that authenticates with SafeNet Trusted Access. This is the Firebox IP address that Mobile VPN with SSL clients connect to, which is usually the primary IP address of the Firebox external interface.
  5. Select the Configure FreeRADIUS Synchronization check box.
  6. In the Shared Secret and Confirm Shared Secret text boxes, type a shared secret to use for communication with the Firebox.
  7. Click Save.
    The new Auth Node appears in the Auth Nodes list.

Screenshot of Add auth node successful page

Configure the Firebox

In this example, we use Fireware Web UI to configure our Firebox. You can also use Policy Manager to complete these steps.

Configure the Firebox to Use RADIUS Server Authentication

To authenticate with SafeNet Trusted Access, you must enable the RADIUS server on the Firebox.

To enable the RADIUS server, from Fireware Web UI:

  1. Log in to Fireware Web UI at https://<IP address of Firebox>:8080.
  2. Select Authentication > Servers > RADIUS.
  3. Click Add.

Screenshot of Type radius info dialog box

  1. In the Domain Name text box, type a domain name. In this example, we use radius as the domain name.
  2. In the IP Address text box, type the Primary RADIUS Server IP of the SafeNet Trusted Access. To find this in SafeNet Trusted Access, select Comms>AuthNodes. Click the Auth Nodes link. See the Add WatchGuard Firebox as an Authentication Node in SafeNet Trusted Access steps.
  3. In the Port text box, type the port used by SafeNet Trusted Access for RADIUS authentication. The default is port 1812.
  4. In the Shared Secret and Confirm Secret text boxes, type the shared secret you configured in the Add WatchGuard Firebox as an Authentication Node in SafeNet Trusted Access steps.
  5. Click Save.

Add Users

On the Firebox, add a new user to log on to the RADIUS server.

To add a user, from Fireware Web UI:

  1. Select Authentication > Users and Groups.
  2. Click Add.

Screenshot of Add User or Group dialog box

  1. Select User.
  2. In the Name text box, type the same User ID you created in SafeNet Trusted Access. In our example, we use user0720.
  3. From the Authentication Server drop-down list, select the domain name you specified in the Configure the Firebox to Use RADIUS Server Authentication steps. In our example, we use radius.
  4. Click OK.
    The user is added to the Users and Groups list on the Firebox.

Screenshot of Users and Groups list page

  1. Click Save.

Configure Mobile VPN with SSL with RADIUS Authentication

To use RADIUS authentication for user connections with the Mobile VPN with SSL client, enable Mobile VPN with SSL and configure it to use RADIUS for authentication.

To configure Mobile VPN with SSL with RADIUS authentication:

  1. Select VPN > Mobile VPN.
  2. In the SSL section, click Configure.

Screenshot of moblie vpn configure page

  1. Select the Activate Mobile VPN with SSL check box.

Screenshot of Type SSL IP dialog box

  1. In the Primary text box, type the IP address to which Mobile VPN with SSL clients connect. This is the IP address of the Firebox.
  2. Select the Authentication tab.
  3. From the drop-down list, select the domain name you specified in the Configure the Firebox to Use RADIUS Server Authentication steps. In our example, we use radius.
  4. Click Add.
  5. In the Authentication Server section, select radius.
  6. To make radius the default authentication server, click Move Up.

Screenshot of authentication server dialog box

  1. In the Users and Groups section, select the user0720 checkbox.

Screenshot of Users and Groups dialog box

  1. Click Save.

Test the Integration

In this example, we use the Mobile VPN with SSL client to test user authentication.

Download the Mobile VPN with SSL Client Software from the Firebox

In Fireware 12.11 and higher, the Mobile VPN with SSL client download page is removed from the Firebox. To download the Mobile VPN with SSL client, go to the Software Downloads page and select your Firebox model.

  1. Browse to the Mobile VPN with SSL VPN web portal. The IP address is https://<IP of Firebox>/sslvpn.html.

Screenshot of ssl vpn login page

  1. In the Username text box, type the user name of a user defined in SafeNet Trusted Access.
  2. In the Password text box, type the password. In our example, we use MobilePASS to generate a passcode to use in the Password text box.

Screenshot of Get password from MobliePASS dialog box

  1. If necessary, from the Domain drop-down list, select RADIUS.
  2. Click Login.
    If the user authenticates successfully, the next authentication page opens.

Screenshot of authentication dialog box

  1. Generate a new passcode in MobilePASS and type the passcode in the text box.
  2. Click Apply.
    After successful authentication, the download page opens.

Screenshot of download sslvpn page

  1. Download and install the Mobile VPN with SSL client for your operating system.

Mobile VPN with SSL Client Authentication

After you download and install the Mobile VPN with SSL client on your computer, you can use the same authentication process to connect to the Firebox with the Mobile VPN with SSL client.

Screenshot of Connect SSL vpn dialog box