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PINSafe v3.8 User Manual

1. Figure 42 PINsafe Status Screen The entries for the Locked and Disabled are hyperlinks to the user administration page clicking on these links will take you to a list of all Locked accounts and all Disabled accounts respectively On the User Administration screen locked accounts are shown in bold and disabled accounts are in italics test10 test11 test12 test13 z 1 E Figure 43 Accounts listed on User Administration screen To unlock an account click on the account in question and then on Unlock To enable a disabled account click on the Policy button and uncheck the disabled checkbox Page 73 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Viewing and Sending Security Strings A A AA admin helpdesk A O A O O L Figure 44 Accounts listed showing Send String option The user can be sent a new security string from the admin console by selecting the user and clicking the Send String button Selecting the View Strings option allows a helpdesk user to view the security string that has been sent to the user Username Single Channel Dual Channel Figure 45 View Strings screen Selecting Show on the single channel option will create and display a new single channel string Selecting Refresh on the Dual Channel option will generate a new dual channel string for the user and instigate the sending of this security string to the user Page 74 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Resetting
2. Info v Filesize KB File count 110 Debug enabled No v Figure 27 Screen for configuring XML Logging The log events are written to files on the PINsafe server at lt tomcat gt webapps pinsafe WEB INF logs If you are running a backup script like the one described earlier in this manual then these log files can be included in that back up to provide a longer term log of system activity A log file is written to as pinsafe log until it reaches the file size specified on the Logging gt XML screen This file is then renamed to pinsafe log 1 a new pinsafe log is created and writing resumes to that file This process repeats creating pinsafe log 2 pinsafe log 3 etc The number of log files used is determined by the File Count entry Once this count is reached the oldest log file on the server is overwritten If debug is enabled debug logs are created that give much more detailed information about the processes running within the server This setting creates large log files and has and impact on the performance on the server and therefore should only be used for fault Page 56 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual diagnosis Debug logs are written to a separate file lt tomcat gt webapps pinsafe WEB INF logs debug log The contents of the XML log files can be viewed via the PINsafe Administration interface Log Viewer screen and can be downloaded from the PINsafe server to a local machine Syslog As an alterna
3. PINsafe Manual To change the permission of data run the chmod command from the WEB INF directory Clamocl lE 775 elo 17 Restart the server After upgrading you will see that any repository you had will exist on the new installation and it will be named after the associated hostname or hostname followed by context in the case of the XML repository Therefore if you had an AD repository in 3 2 you will have an XML repository in 3 3 named after the AD server s hostname or IP address If you had an AD repository on your 3 2 installation you will now have the option to add an XML repository It is recommended that you do this as this gives you the ability to create admin accounts whilst you are working on the installation Upgrading from PINsafe version 3 1 To upgrade from PINsafe version 3 1 follow the same procedure as above except that you should NOT restore config xml in step 11 Configurations from versions earlier than 3 2 cannot be upgraded automatically Instead you should follow the following steps after completing step 15 above 1 Log into the administration console using the username admin and the PIN 1234 2 You will now have the new version running under pinsafe running alongside the existing version now running under pinsafeold You can then cut and paste configuration settings from one to the other NB You may want to delete the user sync job whilst performing the configuration as if the repository synchron
4. Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUsers Iv 0 O O E iv Definitions Delete ith000140 PINsafeUsers AD CN PINSafeUsers OU pinsafe DC example DC c Name PINsafeAdministrators D O Definitions Delete itho00140 PINsafeAdministratos AD CN PINsafeAdministrators OU pinsafe DC examp Figure 46 Simple repository groups example Page 86 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual On the Transport gt General screen the email SMTP transport will be configured as follows Identifier SMTP Class com swiveltechnologies pinsafe transport SmtpTra Strings per i message Destination mi attribute Repository NONE group Alert repository PINsafeUsers group Figure 47 Simple repository groups example transport page On the RADIUS NAS screen a single NAS will need to be defined as follows Identifier Nas Hostname IP 192 168 0 111 Secret mmm EAP protocol None Group PINsafeUsers E Figure 48 Simple repository groups example RADIUS NAS page With this set up to add a normal user to PINsafe you just need to add them to the PINsafeUsers group and synchronize To create an Administrator add a user to the PINsafeAdministrators group and synchronize NOTE When multiple PINsafe servers are using the same repository it is very important that either the group definitions are the same for both PINsafe servers or if the servers are s
5. Figure 10 Configuration for LDAP repository The values are explained in the table below Page 24 of 94 cn Admin ou test o lo mmm LDAPServer 389 m m m No y No y SSL Off Reset Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Parameter Meaning Administrator The distinguished name of the LDAP user credentials to access the server This username needs to be a fully qualified username for a user within the LDAP server that has the required privileges Password the LDAP user s password server Fe name or IP address of the server hosting the directory service Porto The port on which LDAP is running BaeDN me base distinguished name of the LDAP server Synchronization Schedule How often the PINsafe repository is updated from the directory server see Appendix E Setting Schedules and CRON Strings for details on this Username attribute The name of the attribute on a user object to use as the PINsafe user name The default for this is uid This is the most appropriate attribute if users are implemented as inetOrgPerson objects or custom extensions to that object class Initial PIN attribute The name of the attribute on a user object to use as the initial PIN for a user Initial password attribute The name of the attribute on a user object to use as the initial password for a user Base Search Context The sub context on the LDAP server in which all users and groups exist Group ObjectClass Name The name of
6. System Settings Server Settings Samba Page 51 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Select Add In the Directory browse to and create a new folder called PINsafeBackup in the home swivel directory Then select the new folder as the samba share directory N B The backup script provided later presumes a home swivel PINsafeBackup folder exists if you change this folder here remember to change the backup script to match Select Read and Allow access to everyone In the Preferences Server Settings Security menu item set the Authentication Mode to Share In the Applications System Settings Server Settings Services menu item tick the smb service box and also select Start Service You should now be able to access the share via a client machine pointing to lt server_ip gt PINsafeBackup where server ip is the PINsafe server s IP address Writing a simple script to back up PINsafe Log on to the console as root Use an editor to create a file home swivel backup sh Enter the following code NB replace the tomcat x x xx version with the correct version number running on your server bin bash etc init d tomcat stop cd usr local apache tomcat x x xx webapps tar create file home swivel PINsafeBackup Backup tar label Backup verbose pinsafe etc init d tomcat start To make the script executable type chmod a x home swivel backup sh Running this script temporarily halts the
7. Using the XML Repository To use the XML repository you need to go to the Repository Servers screen and add an XML repository You need to give the XML repository a name Repository names need to be unique within a PINsafe installation therefore if you have two PINsafe servers connected to the same database they cannot both have an XML repository called LOCAL The XML repository is also a special case because you can add edit users for this repository from the PINsafe user administration screen Go to Repository gt Servers to confirm that this repository has been configured It should be the first initially the only repository in the list and should appear in the menu below the Groups heading E Repository o Servers o Types o Groups o ith000140 Fd RANTIG Figure 1 Repository menu Go to Repository Groups to configure the repository groups Initially two groups are defined PINsafeUsers and PINsafeAdministrators Make sure that each group definition for this repository is the same as the group name as shown below Page 8 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Repository gt Groups Y Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group privileges and Active Directory LDAP definition For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUsers Iv Vv Vv C O r1 Definitions PINsafe1 PINsafeUs
8. autobauding You can effect this change by connecting to the modem via a terminal emulation program such as minicom Linux or Winterm Windows and typing the commands AT IPR 9600 for 9600 baud AT amp W To save the settings The modem should respond with OK after each command It is also recommend using hardware handshaking Page 29 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual How to integrate PINsafe with an SMS service Provider As an alternative to using a GSM Modem PINsafe can be configured to use an SMS service provider To do this you need to obtain an account with an SMS provider that can deliver SMS messages to the PINsafe user base There are a number of such providers A transport class is required to act as an interface between PINsafe and the SMS provider it receives messages from PINsafe and forwards them to the SMS provider in whatever format that the SMS provider requires Swivel has produced classes to work with a number of SMS providers including iTagg www itagg com and Clickatell www clickatell com To configure PINsafe to use an SMS service provider 1 Obtain an account from an SMS provider for which there is a transport class available 2 Goto the Transport General tab 3 Ensure that the SMS provider class details are entered on the screen as shown below 4 Select a Repository group name for the class eg smsUser All members of this Repository Group will have their security strings sent to them via the SMS p
9. is required a class needs to be developed that implements PINsafe third party API and interfaced to the third party authentication system The details of developing such as class are outside the scope of this document Assuming that this class exists PINsafe can be configured to use the third party authentication system via this class for some or all users To configure PINsafe to do this you need to go to the Sever gt Third Party Authentication screen Enter an identifier for the Authentication the class that needs to be installed on the PINsafe server repository group that the user of the third party system will be associated with and any license key required by the third party system Once this configuration is in place the authentication process will be 1 Agent submits authentication request including credentials required by the third party system 2 The PINsafe server checks the user PINsafe credentials 3 If this stage of authentication is successful and the user is a member of the repository group associated with the third party authentication class the PINsafe server makes an authentication request to the third party system passing the required credentials 4 The third party class returns a success code and if this stage of authentication is also successful successfully authenticates the user Page 46 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integrating with other Authentication Servers There are two ways in w
10. up too much disk space How to perform back ups of the PINsafe server To back up the user and configuration data for the server the easiest approach is to back up the webapps folder under the Tomcat directory usr local apache tomcat x x xx webapps Where x x xx is the tomcat version number This will back up all the user and system data required by PINsafe To ensure against sever hardware failure and to facilitate quick restore it is recommended that this back up should be stored on a remote server Saving the configuration PINsafe has a save configuration feature that allows the current configuration to be saved to an xml file This provides a useful record of the PINsafe configuration and can be useful for fault diagnosis How to perform automated backups The following guidelines are a suggested way of performing backups automatically in way that can be integrated with any existing enterprise back up processes and systems This approach uses a back up script to copy the required files to a SAMBA share that allows the back ups to be copied via the local network to remote server Creating a Samba Share This is a very quick guide to creating a public share using SAMBA no security policies have been added to the share It is being used as a form of access from your global backup server Firstly at the console log in as root Start the x display by typing startx Once the graphical interface has started select Applications
11. Hostname IP 192 168 0 10 HTTP port 8080 SSL No v Context pinsafe3 5 RADIUS authentication port 1812 RADIUS accounting port 1813 Shared secret 999909909090909090900909000099 RADIUS Proxy z Figure 26 Setting PINsafe as a RADIUS Proxy Page 49 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual PINsafe can be configured to proxy to an external RADIUS server if the user is not a PINsafe user or if the submitted credentials appear to be a Token Passcode This feature is configured on the Server Peers screen Multiple PINsafe servers using a single database From PINsafe 3 2 it is possible for multiple PINsafe servers to share a database This was possible in 3 2 but it would require that the repository on each server was configured identically With the introduction of multiple repositories it is now possible for different PINsafe servers to synchronise with different repositories but for all servers to authenticate all users on all repositories In order to accomplish this it is necessary to select an external database the internal database is always local to the PINsafe server so cannot be shared between multiple instances All that is required therefore is that the database URL is the same on all PINsafe servers When repositories are synchronized into a shared database the users can be authenticated by any PINsafe server using that database even if the user belongs to a repository that is not define
12. Java Communications API if you intend using a GSM MODEM follow the Java Comm Page 78 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual API installation instructions See Appendix A for instructions This is available from http java sun com products javacomm downloads index html e The PINsafe distribution war file If you have an appliance the default Linux password is lockbox This applies for root and the user swivel These passwords should be changed using the linux passwd command PINsafe Deployment This section refers to a self install an Appliance comes with the software pre installed To deploy and start PINsafe perform the following steps 1 Place the war file in Tomcat s webapps folder 2 Start Tomcat 3 Browse to http PINsafe_server_IP_address portnumber pinsafe http localhost 8080 pinsafe for example 4 The default administrator is admin with a PIN of 1234 so enter admin in the username click start session then enter the first 4 digits of the security string Click login Protecting the PINsafe Admin Console In order for users to retrieve TURing images from PINsafe the PINsafe server needs to be accessible via the internet this requires the opening up of port 8080 by default As the PINsafe admin console is also on port 8080 measures need to be taken to protect the admin pages from unauthorised access Frequently a customer will have a proxy that they can configure to proxy the inbound image requests
13. Manual Integrating with user repositories PINsafe comes with an XML repository that can be used to store user accounts However enterprises may already have a user repository e g Active Directory for user accounts and this can be integrated with PINsafe The integration means that PINsafe will synchronise with the external user repository to ensure that the user accounts on PINsafe match those within the external user repository To ensure that the two data stores remain synchronized PINsafe can be configured to synchronize with the external repository at regular intervals e g once an hour or synchronisations can be instigated manually Using Groups with User Repositories PINsafe grants users rights dependent on the groups to which they belong within the repository To configure groups go to the Repository Groups screen will look something like the following Repository gt Groups Y Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group privileges and Active Directory LDAP definition For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUsers v Pp 7 E E D Definitions PINsafe1 PINsafeUsers AD CN PINsafe OU Groups DC test DC local Name PINsafeAdministrators v MW m Definitions Delete PINsafei PINsafeAdministrators AD CN PINsafeAdmins OU Groups DC test DC local Name
14. Resending Credentials You can manually set a PIN to a know value if required by selecting the Reset PIN option Alternatively you can make PINsafe create a new PIN for a user and set that new PIN to the user via their Alert Transport if they have one configured This is useful where a user has forgotten their PIN or lost the credentials alert message It is recommended that the logs are checked to ensure that the new PIN message has been successfully despatched Page 75 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Appendix A Building and Deploying PINsafe server Upgrading from PINsafe version 3 2 onwards These instructions refer to standalone PINsafe servers only separate instructions apply for upgrading HA appliances contact support Q swivelsecure com for more details Upgrading from version 3 2 3 3 should be transparent Both the user database and the configuration will be upgraded automatically To upgrade from an existing installation of PINsafe 3 2 3 3 and 3 4 follow the following procedure 1 2 5 Stop the Tomcat Server service tomcat5 stop It is highly recommended that you take a copy of the entire Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF folder but specifically ensure steps 3 4 5 and 6 are completed Back up the PINsafe configuration by taking a copy of Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF conf config xml to a safe location Back up the PINsafe User Repository by taking a copy of Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF
15. Users is the group which contains users that can only authenticate via single channel In other words SC Users and DC Users are distinct no users are members of both of these groups but all users must be members of one of these two groups The Admin users group can be a member of the dual channel DC users group and the Helpdesk group can be a member of the SC Users group A separate group for those users that can authenticate to the website also needs to be created This may contain members of both DC Users and SC Users With this group structure in place the PINsafe server would use these groups in the following ways On the repository gt groups page there would be the following settings Page 88 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name pc Users O O F PM Definitions ithoo0140 DC Users AD CN PINSafeDCUsers OU pinsafe DC example DC Name admin Users PM Definitions Delete ithoo0140 Adminuses S Name SC Users Definitions ith000140 SC Users AD CN PINSafeSCUsers OU pinsafe DC example DC Name HelpDesk Users Definitions itho00140 HelpDesk Users AD CN HelpdeskUsers OU pinsafe DC example DC Name WEB Users Definitions ith000140 WEB Users AD CN PINSafeWebUsers OU pinsafe DC example E Figure 50 More complex repository groups example group definitions Note that the WEB Users group does not have any rights
16. and number 1 even without the obfuscation You can even have a mixture of upper case letters and numbers In order to make this option usable letters that can easily be confused with numbers are not used Therefore if in doubt a character is a number If the SMS delivery of security strings is used then it is recommended that numbers are used for security strings 1224558 78 2 9 DIAS V P Y Y Figure 32 Alpha numeric security string first character is an 8 Maximum login tries This is the maximum number of consecutive failed login attempts that a user can have before their account is locked out See account unlocking accounts Page 61 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Inactive account expiry If an account is not used for a specified period it will become locked This setting allows you to specify that period in days If this is set to 0 then the user account never expires due to inactivity Auto Credential setting If you set this parameter to YES then whenever a new account is created PINsafe will automatically create a PIN for them If a password is also required this will also be generated See Adding User Groups for more details Non Existent Users appear to be When a TURing image is requested for a user that does not exist PINsafe will still produce an image This is to prevent a user determining which username are valid accounts You can specify the type of image that is presented when a image for a non existe
17. be for a fixed number of users i e accounts on the PINsafe server If you need additional users and therefore additional licences you can purchase a new licence key for the new total of licences required The new license key is a replacement for the existing one and therefore you simply need to overwrite the license key With the repository and database configured and the license installed you are now have a working PINsafe server that you can start to integrate with your IT infrastructure Page 10 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integration The integration tasks for PINsafe depend on the specifics on the installation and the technology with which PINsafe is required to operate There are a number of potential integration points including Databases PINsafe can be configured to use an external database User Repository PINsafe comes with its own user repository but it can also be configured to work with an external user repositories such as Active Directory Agents Agents are the integration points between PINsafe and what it is that PINsafe is being used to protect Agents use PINsafe s Agent XML API to integrate with PINsafe Radius PINsafe also can act as a RADIUS server so an alternative method of integration is to configure PINsafe to accept authentication requests from a RADIUS NAS client Third Party Authentication PINsafe is an open authentication platform in that it can be used in conjunction with other au
18. by the PINsafe server The default is 8080 this will need to be changed if the PINsafe server is using any other port e g if it is using ssl for which the default port number is 8443 entry key context gt pinsafe lt entry Page 33 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual This sets the context that pinsafe servers are available on The default is PINsafe generally the only time this would need to be changed is where there are multiple PINsafe instances sharing the same Apache TOMCAT servlet container entry key z secret 5secret entry This is the shared secret that needs to match the setting on the PINSafe server for the change PIN agent This should be changed to a suitably random setting entry key redirect gt http www google com lt entry The redirect value is a url to where the user will be redirected once they have successfully changed their PIN this is an optional setting You should now be able to use the Change PIN application Go to http ipaddress 8080 changepin The Change PIN form will be displayed Username OTC New OTC Confirm new OTC Start Session Figure 15 Change PIN screen shot Enter a username and select Start Session if the user is configured as a single channel user then a TURing image will be displayed Alternatively if the user is a dual channel user they may already have been sent a security string via SMS To change their PIN the user must enter the
19. little purpose To remove it set the schedule to never Page 17 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Configuring an Active Directory Repository Swivel provides a class for the integration of PINsafe with an Active Directory This class acts as an interface between the PINsafe and the external active directory user repository To set up PINsafe to integrate with Active Directory 1 Set up the required groups within Active Directory and add users to those groups See Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes 2 Add the Active Directory server as a repository on PINsafe 3 Configure the interface between PINsafe and AD 4 Configure the group definitions for the repository 5 Synchronise the users into PINsafe Note that the repository name and type cannot be changed once you have added the server you must delete the server and add a new one to rename it 1 Set up Groups Groups need to be created in AD that represent different user roles within PINsafe eg users helpdesk user admin users etc refer to Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes 2 Add Repository Go the Repository Servers screen Add a new server by entering an appropriate name in the blank entry at the bottom of the list From the drop down options select Active Directory and then click Apply 3 Configure Interface The next stage is configure the connection to the AD server In order to do this you must have an AD domain user ac
20. of third party authentication methods Simple AD Group and Attribute example A simple PINsafe installation may be where TURing image authentication is being used to authenticate a VPN All users will be single channel users All users will be sent alerts via e mail All users will authenticate via the same NAS The same group of users will configure and operate PINsafe so there is no requirement for separate helpdesk admin roles All users will be PINIess These requirements can be met by creating a simple set of two groups Group name Example Active Directory definition PINsafeUsers CN PINSafeUsers OU pinsafe DC example DC com PINsafeAdminstrators CN PINsafeAdministrators OU pinsafe DC example DC com The PINsafeUsers group will be given the Single right allowing them to authenticate using single channel They will also be given the PINIess right The PINsafeAdministrators group will be given the Admin right Since this also includes HelpDesk rights there is no need to tick both Authentication for the PINsafeAdministrators group can be handled in one of two ways either the PINsafeAdminstrators group is itself a member of the PINsafe users group within Active Directory in which case they automatically get the Single and PINless rights or else the group can be explicitly given these rights The Repository Groups screen will look as shown below this example assumes the administrators group is a sub group of the users group
21. point to the admin console http server ip 8080 pinsafe How to perform disaster recovery In the event of a hardware failure or other scenario that requires a new server to be installed and brought up to the last recorded configuration of the live server 1 Install PINsafe and associated software from the disks supplied as part of the install 2 Restore the latest back up copy of the webapps folder to webapps 3 Restart the tomcat server Page 53 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Data Migration The data migration feature allows you to move data from one database to another For example of you want to change from using the internal database to an external database you can 1 Prepare the new database 2 Add the details of the database to the Database General screen 3 Choose the Migrate option and select the new target database 4 Enter Migrate and click apply The data will be moved to the new database so you can use the new database without needing to re provision users Job There are a number of processes or jobs that the server needs to run on a regular basis These handle such things as synchronizing to the user repository and checking for any accounts that should be locked due to inactivity For the most part these settings can be left to their default values but there maybe reasons why an administrator would want to change these settings When choosing these settings the administrator needs to balance th
22. port 1813 Shared secret 0000000000 Figure 24 Example Peer configuration screen Page 48 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual And then on the New York server would be entered Name London Hostname IP pinsafe company co uk HTTP port 8080 SSL No MI Context pinsafe RADIUS authorisation port 1812 RADIUS accounting port 1813 Shared secret o000000000 Figure 25 Example Peer configuration screen Peering can be used for RADIUS and agent XML authentication solutions An inbound RADIUS request will be proxied via RADIUS to a peer PINsafe server as required Similarly an Agent XML based authentication request will be proxied via the Agent XML interface Peering works by each peer keeping a record of the user names active on the other servers This list is updated periodically How frequently and when this synchronisation takes place is configured on the server jobs page see section on Jobs It is also possible to manual synchronise a peer from the user admin screen by pressing the Peer Sync button PINsafe as a RADIUS proxy The RADIUS proxy option allows PINsafe to work alongside other authentication servers to allow end users to support a hybrid authentication model This can be useful when users are being migrated from a token to a PINsafe based solution Server gt Peers 9 Please enter the details for any peer PINsafe servers below Peers Name test
23. should match the error message Editing ranges xml Default Commented out filter is silent Access Denied Page Not Found Commented out filter is silent 404 The ranges xml file holds the list of IP addresses that are allowed to access the admin console The default ranges xml file is shown below xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 lt DOCTYPE properties View Source for full doctype gt lt properties version 1 0 gt lt entry key anyone gt 0 0 lt entry gt lt entry key localhost gt 127 0 0 1 255 255 255 255 lt entry gt lt properties gt The default configured ranges are named anyone and localhost and represent access from any IP address and localhost only respectively An address range is specified as an IP address followed optionally by a mask The mask can be a single integer representing the number of significant address bits that must match for access to be allowed or it can be an IP style dotted decimal Both styles are present in the default file but further examples are shown below Page 81 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual IP Range Meaning 0 0 A 0 mask means that no bits need to 123 123 123 123 0 match in the address This allows access from all IP addresses 127 0 0 1 32 A 32 mask means all 32 bits must match 127 0 0 1 255 255 255 255 The equivalent dotted decimal is 127 0 0 1 255 255 255 255 Specifying no mask is the same as specifying a 32 mask 192
24. tested with Checkpoint Cisco and Citrix products How to use single channel with a VPN In order to use single channel authentication with a VPN the user needs to be able to obtain a TURing image perform the OTC extraction using their PIN and then enter these details onto he VPN authentication page One way of delivering a security string to the user is to modify the VPN log on page so that it incorporates a TURing image like the example below Some VPNs accommodate this form of integration others require some customization and others make this impossible PINsafe have a number of these customizations available off the shelf However there are a number of ways of delivering the security string in a TURing image that do not require the VPN log on page to be modified and thus are a very low touch integration User Portal One solution to delivering the security strings is to use a user portal web application to allow the user to obtain a TURing image via a web browser Swivel can supply a user portal is can be hosted on any servlet container including the server on which PINsafe is running It acts as an authentication agent for PINsafe and can be used to deliver security strings to the end user and also for functions such as allowing the user to change their PIN numbers It is easily branded and customised The beauty of this solution is that it does not require and client to be installed on the user s laptop all they need is a standar
25. the LDAP object class representing a group For most servers this will be groupOfUniqueNames but groupOfNames is a possibility or you may have created a custom schema User ObjectClass Name The name of the LDAP object class representing a user inetOrgPerson is the standard schema but you may have created a custom schema Member attribute name The name of the attribute on a group object that contains the names of members If the group object class is groupOfUniqueNames this will be uniqueMember If groupOfNames then member The simple LDAP implementation assumes that group membership is represented by a multi valued attribute on the group If your directory server works differently you will not be able to use Simple LDAP and will need a custom repository class Member group attribute The name of the attribute on a group object that contains the names of name member groups This is only relevant in cases where individual members and group members are added with different attributes as in the case of the IBM Tivoli Directory Server If this is omitted it is assumed to be the same as the member attribute name Import disabled state Whether or not to import the PINsafe disabled state from the LDAP repository If this is set to Yes the following attribute is used to decide whether or not a user is disabled User disabled enabled flag The name of the attribute on a user that indicates that the user is disabled or enabled The inetOrgPe
26. these details Therefore to log in for the first time enter admin in the username field click on start session then enter the first four digits of the TURing image into the OTC field then click log in The password field should be blank The first stage in getting started with PINsafe is to configure the database that you wish to use to store PINsafe account details This can either be the internal database that comes with PINsafe or it can be a separate external database PINsafe supports a range of SQL JDBC databases consult with your reseller or with Swivel for more details In deciding what database to use you need to evaluate the relative merits of the two approaches Factor Internal Database External Database Simplicity Very simple single click Requires some database set up deployment and configuration Flexibility No Flexibility Flexible solution allowing multiple PINsafe and Multiple Database servers as required Performance Local database means good Performance needs to be performance considered but PINsafe is not a Page 6 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual particularly database intensive application Availability Availability determined by the Available can be improved by using server it is deployed on database clustering technologies Difficult to back up database External database easier to back therefore not easy to support site up and replicate resilience Security Internal and encrypted All sensitive data
27. user is removed from a group it is assumed that the user should be removed from PINsafe However it is recognized that the user or even the whole group may have been removed in error If this has happened the accounts will be lost and the only way to get them back would be to re provision the accounts and allocate those users new PINS Since version 3 5 it is now possible to not automatically delete users that are missing from the repository If this option is chosen the missing account will not be deleted but merely disabled If in subsequent jobs the account re appears the error being rectified the account is re enable without the user needing to be assigned a new PIN If there is a requirement to delete the account it can be purged from the User List screen on the admin console Page 16 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Considerations for multiple repositories PINsafe has the ability to support multiple repositories If you are planning on using multiple repositories you should be aware that usernames must be unique across all repositories For example it is not possible to have a user called admin in the XML repository and one also called admin in an Active Directory repository If you are not going to be using the XML repository it is advisable to remove all users from it both from the point of view of security and of simplifying synchronization of the Active Directory If it is going to be difficult to guarantee uniqueness of
28. values of that field A question mark means that the setting is not specified this setting is applied to either the day of month and day of week as you cannot specify both of these parameters Therefore to schedule a job to run every hour on the hour the settings would be Whereas to run a job 3 AM every Sunday would be 003 1 Page 92 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual INDEX Active DIE oracion EXAMPICS cia 85 A novsevecascstsas eves eenvaces tessaweces is jan o catre CENE 33 change PIN iuri onte e it then 33 Click iodo 30 custom attriDUte 2 5 o reci terne cerit 38 disaster recovery eene 53 BAP MI as etae inae n PAS tA etg la pH Eds 40 o A 82 filter properties 80 Global Catalogue 20 MS eU eL REL id Configuring with PINsafe 37 DE ee 30 REA 78 Kololo linie PEE T anaes Page 93 of 94 STP spede r deana daitan 57 usse 47 Configuration eee 48 RADIUS andere enes HH 38 BAP M 40 L argesxmEs auraen 81 A keen IER A E cette ee aiees 8 SUPPONE Lisas PERDER Ra Rad 5 78 SYS TAY Utility cece sinte 43 lr t 1 491005 P E 77 User Repository usce douleur d y ce neribus Active Directo iia 17 A exco cd Ta rudes RATE 28 VPN ondas ista Integracion 45 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Document Version 3 1 4 1 18 October 2006 3 1 4 2 19 Oct
29. 168 0 0 24 Access will be allowed from any address 192 168 0 0 255 255 255 0 on the 192 168 0 subnet The default entries allow access from all IP addresses Removing the entry for anyone will restrict access to localhost Further ranges can be added to ease administration All ranges should have a unique name Activating the Filter The filter is applied to the admin console by specifying the filter servlet relationship in the web xm file found in the webapps pinsafe WEB INF folder In versions of PINsafe that have the filter bundled there is no need to change this file If the filter is being used with a 3 1 x version of pinsafe then the web xml file will need editing The segment that needs inserting is in the web xml fragment file and is shown below The filter element describes the filter and the filter mapping element applies it to the AdminLogin Servlet and the fragment needs inserting at the top of the web xml file before the first servlet definition as illustrated below Page 82 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual To activate these new settings TOMCAT must be restarted Filter in operation When someone attempts to access any part of the admin console they are redirected to the admin log in page At this point the filter intercepts the request and checks to see if the IP address is on the allowed list If it is not it returns the error code and message defined in the filter properties file Session Sharing PI
30. Create is not set you will need to manually reset or send out their PIN When adding users to the PINsafe server you need to consider the following e What rights will they have e g will they be able to use single channel dual channel or both e How will security strings be delivered to them e How will their PIN and Password be created and delivered to them The implementation of these will be achieved by ensuring that the user is a member of an appropriate user group See the previous section for details Page 70 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Allocating users to authentication methods If the user accounts are being synchronized with Active Directory the user must be a member of the correct group s within Active Directory to be able to use the associated authentication methods within PINsafe The Repository gt Groups screen will show of which Active Directory groups the user must be a member Different authentication options may be associated with different groups within Active Directory or as in the example below all users will have access to all authentication types Repository gt Groups 9 Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group privileges and Active Directory LDAP definition For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUses iv Vv Vv DH rH r Definitions ithooo140 P
31. INsafeUsers O LDAP cn vpnsslusers ou group dc banquecramer dc ct Name PINsafeAdministrators Definitions itho00140 PINsafeAdministrators LDAP cn vpnssladmins ou group dc banquecramer dc lt Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP Apply Reset Figure 40 Simple Active Directory Group Structure In addition you can specify that one or more groups for users will operate PINIessly To implement this simply make sure that the PINless box is checked for the appropriate group s Allocating Users to Transports Users need to be associated with transport classes for the delivery of security strings and for system alerts e g notification of PIN The Transport General screen shows which groups are associated with which transports It also shows the destination attribute therefore the Administrator needs to ensure that this attribute is set for the user Page 71 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Identifier esM Modem Class com swiveltechnologies pinsafe transport GsmTran Strings per i message Destination Dhone attribute P Repository GsMModemUsers y group Alert repository GSMModemUsers group Figure 41 Screen showing AD groups associated with GSM Modem transport The Administrator may wish to use different transports for alerts from security string delivery Allocating Users to Agents It is possible to configure PINsafe so that only certain users can
32. Loggin Page 31 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integrating with Agents using Agent XML An agent is a piece of software residing outside the PINsafe platform but which communicates with the PINsafe platform to manage authentication There are a number of ready made agents available and new agents can generally be created very easily Agents communicate with PINsafe via the Agent XML interface This section covers how PINsafe can be integrated with agents to support using PINsafe with external applications such as websites Any external application that needs to use the Admin API new in Version 3 4 needs to be defined as an agent on PINsafe How to integrate PINsafe with an external agent The PINsafe server will only service authentication requests from trusted agents The configuration of PINsafe to work with an external agent therefore consists of adding the details of the agent to the PINsafe trusted agent list To do this go to the Agents screen by clicking on Agents in the left hand navigation bar Then enter a name for the agent the IP address of the agent and then a shared secret e The IP address can be a single IP address or a range of IP addresses A range of IP addresses is specified using Classless Inter Domain Routing CIDR notation whereby you define an IP address but then specify how many bits actually are significant in terms of the network address For example specifying 192 123 123 120 24 would allow authentic
33. N A Disabled L Change PIN at first login PIN never expires O Figure 36 User Policy Screen This screen shows the status of the user when they were created on the system and when they last logged in etc The Administrator can also from this screen implement the following policies Disabled If an account is disabled a user cannot authenticate Accounts can only be enabled again from this screen Administrators may wish to disable accounts when a user no longer requires access but they wish to retain the information associated with that account This feature is not available if the import disabled state on the repository gt general screen has been set to Yes Change PIN The Administrator can ensure that the a user has to change their PIN at their next login e their PIN will only be valid for one authentication Never Expires The PIN for this account will never expire this takes precedence Single Channel over any server wide PIN policy Administrators may wish to use this feature for admin accounts The Servers gt Single Channel screen allows the Administrator to specify how single channel security strings are presented to the user From this screen you can specify whether the security string image will be displayed as a TURing PATTern or BUTTon image and whether the security string images will be animated In this screen you can also determine whether to allow session creation via username This means a
34. N OXI CHECK MR P N 57 LOS ANd Alarms ii id 58 XML HOGGING zx aut Eandem unn un HELL eeu 58 SCIT 59 SMTP mall Eoggltig c2 a Sette tribe A eoe A dud fd ecce 59 Administrators Guides one 8 acca est ceo t cete cete ea ERE LOU Andie on 61 Setting uec EE 61 User Policies dese ttr te ee CR RR MORE e et Gr pee Mer ei Ode edt 69 Smole Channel ois rrean RR hates 70 IBITE IEen I II 71 DADIDBSETIHE 71 Managing USCS citu ao eerte bm ata ie 73 Adding User Groups octo tret dte e t edes tc mter Pate metis tene iT e uns 73 Adding USersinaL A e Em eM tels kran 74 Appendix A Building and Deploying PINsafe server ssssssssssseeeeeem eene eene nennen nnne 80 Upgrading from PINsafe version 3 2 ONWardS oocooooocccnncnnoncccncccnnnonnnncnonnonnnnncnnnnnn cnn cnnnnn nana nc enn nnn nnne enn se nnne nnns 80 Architecte enpr eeo out Ach bead done td itr rende set te kran APO nas setet advan Gunde drake nen 82 PINsafe Deploymetit ee ette ae as tie cca eie eene ft oce due etienne hotels 83 Protecting the PINsafe Admin Console erectio dite aa 83 Contiguring the Bill Rm 83 Activating the Filter sara ie eat ieee ori da 86 Filter invoperatlonz x tro knelende keen ne 87 Session NANO snarere adel ANG 87 Appendix B Windows Installation of the Java Comm APl rrnnnnnrnnrnnnnnnnrnnnnnnrrrrrnrrnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnneenn
35. Nsafe will uses multicast for session sharing therefore no IP addresses need specifying PINsafe will use session sharing if there is a cache xml defined under the webapps pinsafe WEB INF classes It is recommended that anyone wishing to use session sharing consult with a Swivel Technician for advice as there are certain requirements on the network infrastructure Page 83 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Appendix B Windows Installation of the Java Comm API 1 unzip the file javacomm20 win32 zip into the root of C This will produce a hierarchy with a top level directory commapi This example assumes that you have installed the J2SE version 6 and has been installed into C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 2 Copy win32com dil to your Java jdk jre bin directory C gt copy c commapi win32com dll to C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 jre bin 3 Copy comm jar to your Java jdk jre lib ext directory C gt copy c commapi comm jar to C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 jre lib ext 4 Copy javax comm properties to your Java jdk jre lib directory C gt copy c commapi javax comm properties to C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 jre lib 5 Go to Environment Variable and add the Java jdk bin to path C Program Files Java jdk1 6 0_06 bin TESTING The Comm API also comes with a number of samples that can be used to confirm the Comm API has been installed correctly One of these samples is called BlackBox To use Blackbo
36. O E O Definitions PINsafe1 AD Apply Reset Figure 4 Repository Groups definition with Active Directory Page 14 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual With a group name and then a definition for that group for each repository defined on the PINsafe server There are two parts to defining a new group defining what rights the group has and mapping the group to user groups within the repositories This screen defines six basic rights e Single connect using single channel authentication e Dual connect using dual channel authentication e Swivlet use the Swivlet application e Admin administer the entire PINsafe configuration e Helpdesk administer PINsafe users e PINIess user has no PIN just a password When planning what groups are required in addition to the above functions the following need to be taken into account e Server Agents e Transport classes e RADIUS NAS e RADIUS Groups e Third Party authentication When planning the groups there is no need to define a different group for each function If for example all dual channel users use the same transport class then the same group can be used for both functions Also users can be members of multiple groups The exception to this is that a user cannot have more than one transport class Each group must have a unique name Group names are just labels within the configuration and should be descriptive of the group s purpose Having deter
37. PINsafe Manual A SWIVEL Authentication Solutions PINsafe Reference Manual Version 3 8 Last Revision September 2010 Page 1 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Contents Table of Contents ItrOCUGHION pU 5 Getting Started with PINsafe A eene nennen nnns nene n nnns nennt nnn rsen ener nere aaan 6 Setting the PINsafe Database 3 etuer o cM De kane RR enean xn Ens 6 Setting the Internal Database einen tentent rende earn eene nine dd ed 7 Setting the Database Mode elt er dee aet qnd dat dedu eddadikt ag dad 7 Configuring Slave Mode niet edere ed caves desc A dee EC 7 Configuring Synchronized Mode rsen are AE aAA EEA EA AEEA AR AA ENAA Eer AAEE araa ROEE RREAN 8 To use this mode go to the Mode gt General screen and select Synchronized and then click apply 8 Gonfiguring the userreposit ries inviterte EE RE D He e a eoe dede tee lirica e P Hd ax E ledere 8 Using the XML Repository dieci vanced beh tec etc dg 8 License ey terat ien MeL A deni mitto mm ee 10 Integration zd i Ec n Ot uadit tte tte ee 11 Integrating with an external database oooooocccccinocccccccoconanccnnconnnnncnnnnnnnn nn nnn conan eme nennen nenne nennen rnnt ener nennen nennen 12 Integrating with user repositories nessi ea S AEA nc cnn ron nn cnn rra 14 Using Groups with User Repositories cccceeccnecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeccaaeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeececcceneeeeeeeesaaaneeeees 14 Importing Disabled State tel
38. PINsafe server and therefore prevents users authenticating via PINsafe during back ups Running the script To run the script manually do the following home swivel backup sh There should appear a new tar file called Backup tar in your SAMBA share Page 52 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual How often should I perform back ups It is recommended that this script be run after the first user repository synchronization and then on a regular e g weekly basis How regularly it is run depends on how often users and PINs change The script can be run as a cron job The use of a SAMBA share means that this data can then be pulled from the machine and stored elsewhere to conform to any back up routines infrastructure that may already be in place These instructions are only a guideline and we would recommend you further your investigations into backup Restoring from Backup If you should need to restore your server from a backup carry out the following Log into the server as root and stop Tomcat etc init d tomcat stop Delete the pinsafe folder from within the tomcat webapps directory cd usr local apache tomcat x x xx webapps rm rf pinsafe Copy and extract the backup file cp home swivel PINsafeBackup Backup tar usr local jakarta tomcat x x xx webapps tar xvf usr local jakarta tomcat x x xx webapps Backup tar Restart Tomcat and check PINsafe is running and your settings are correct etc init d tomcat start In a browser
39. Set the username attribute this is the attribute within the Active Directory repository that will form the username within PINsafe The default for this is SAMAccountName This is generally the most appropriate as it is the username that will be used for other Windows based authentication Select the required port number If you are using SSL for the connection between PINsafe and Active Directory you need to select Port 636 and decide whether to accept self signed certificates If you are connecting to a multi domain AD installation ou may need to use Global Catalog Initial Optionally set the attributes within active directory that will form in the initial values PIN Password for password and PIN Set the flags to import disabled state and ignore FQ name changes as described earlier Synchronization schedule Username attribute Import Disabled Ignore FQDN un If a user account no longer exists in the repository do not delete the account but Mark missing ki l b bled of purged from the admi users as deleted ME it as deleted Accounts can be re enabled of purged from the admin console Figure 7 AD Values Click then go to the User Admin screen and click Erg At this stage we have not defined what groups within active directory we are interested in so no users will be synched across Go to the log viewer if you have connected successfully you will see a message saying synch started and synch completed If this was not success
40. US PINsafe can operate as a RADIUS server for working with external systems such as SSL VPNs NB In order to authenticate via RADIUS a user must be a member of the RADIUS users group as defined on the Repository gt Groups page How to configure PINsafe to operate as a RADIUS server In order to integrate PINsafe with an external system the PINsafe RADIUS server first needs to be enabled and then configured to receive authentication requests from the external systems or Network Access Server NAS using RADIUS terminology The RADIUS server is configured by going to the Radius gt Server config page Enter the required configuration details and then select Apply Page 38 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual RADIUS gt Server Please enter the details for the RADIUS server Server enabled Yes IP address Authentication port Accounting port Maximum no sessions Permit empty attributes Filter ID Additional RADIUS logging Enable debug Radius Groups Radius Group Keyword Figure 17 RADIUS server configuration Notes on RADIUS configuration 1 The IP address needs to be the internal IP address of the PINsafe server this is the address to which the RADIUS server will bind If you leave this setting blank the RADIUS server will process all inbound RADIUS requests received 2 If you use different ports other than the default of 1812 and 1813 you will n
41. Where this is not available and even where it is the Admin Console filter can ensure that access to the PINsafe Admin Console is only available from a predefined set of IP addresses The PINsafe Admin Console Filter is an implementation of a J2EE Servlet Filter that is deployed against the Admin Login servlet Configuring the filter The filter configuration is controlled by two files found in the WEB INF folder filter properties Determines the way the filter behaves when access is denied or granted ranges xml List of IP ranges that can access the Admin Console Page 79 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual These files are read as TOMCAT initializes the filter therefore changes to these files will only take affect after TOMCAT has been restarted Editing filter properties The default filter properties file is shown below Page 80 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual The entries are as follows Entry ALLOWED DENIED ERROR FILTERING STATUS Meaning Message written to TOMCAT console with request IP address when the filter allows access Message written to TOMCAT console with request IP address when the filter denies access Message reported back to browser when access is denied If not set no response is sent and the browser will eventually time out Message written to TOMCAT console followed by address ranges as TOMCAT initializes the filter The http status code reported back when access is denied This
42. abled Once the virtual directory has been created right click on it and select Properties On the Virtual Directory tab click the Remove button next to Application name then click OK Once the filter has been applied to the website when a user attempts to access part of the Page 37 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual website protected by PINsafe PINsafe will prompt them to authenticate IIS may need to be restarted for filter settings to take affect How to write an Agent The Change PIN application and the IIS filter are two examples of PINsafe agents that use the PINsafe Agent XML API The Agent XML API is a simple XML based API that enables integrators to develop their own agents This can provide for a very flexible authentication solution Swivel can provide a range of samples to help support this integration for example how to make authentication requests from within a jsp For more details e mail support swivelsecure com How to use the custom attribute It is possible to assign a custom attribute to a user from the user admin screen When a user successfully authenticates via the Agent XML interface this custom attribute is returned This can be used to add granularity to the access rights granted on successful authentication When using the XML repository this custom attribute can be set manually When using Active Directory the custom attribute can be mapped to an Active Directory attribute Integrating using RADI
43. and new ones can be developed as required To use a transport class you need to configure destination attributes on PINsafe These represent a mapping of an attribute name to its definition within the connected repositories For example to send security strings to a mobile phone an attribute called phone is required this would map to phone for the local XML repository and telephoneNumber or Mobile for Active Directory Transport gt Attributes Please enter the repository attributes for the transport types e g Email Mobile Phone Name phone Attribute local phone activeDirectory telephoneNumber Name email Attribute local email activeDirectory Mail Figure 12 Setting Transport Attributes Page 27 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Once the attributes have been defined they can be used as part of the transport definition as shown in the table below Identifier A name for the transport this is especially important where multiple PINsafe servers are sharing a database see below Class The class that implements this interface Strings per Message For some transports you may wish to configure them to send multiple security strings within the same message You can specify this here Destination Attribute This is the attribute within the repository that will be used as the destination for the user This will be one of the previously defined transport attributes Repositor
44. anually By going to the User Administration screen and selecting User Sync Automatically The schedule for a given repository is set on the configuration screen for that repository as described above After you have synchronised with the AD repository you should see the accounts that have been created in the User Administration screen Remember to reset the PIN on any new admin accounts that you have created if they are not created automatically Page 22 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Configuring Other LDAP Directory Servers as Repositories Swivel provides a class for the integration of PINsafe with other LDAP directory servers This has been tested for use with OpenLDAP Sun Directory Server Novell eDirectory and IBM Tivoli Directory Server and will probably work with most other LDAP compatible repositories that implements group membership according to the LDAP recommendations RFC 2256 The steps for other LDAP repositories are the same for Active Directory To set up PINsafe to integrate with an LDAP repository 1 Set up the required groups within LDPAP and add users to those groups See Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes 2 Add the LDAP server as a repository on PINsafe 3 Configure the interface between PINsafe and LDAP 4 Configure the group definitions for the repository 5 Synchronise the users into PINsafe Note that the repository name and type cannot be changed once you have added the server
45. at the PINs would never expire You can ensure that users are warned about their impending PIN expiry Setting the PIN expiry warning will determine how many days in advance the users will be prompted to change their PIN The content and delivery of the warning will depend on which alert group the user is a member of Another PIN policy that PINsafe can implement is to require a PIN change after the user has had a PIN auto created e g via auto credential creation or where a user has had their PIN changed by the Administrator Where these policies are in force a user must authenticate and then change their PIN the PINs that have been created for them will only work once For PINless users you can set a policy of how long the one time code should be This is set to 6 as a default but can be from 4 to 8 digits Page 63 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual For PINs you can also set policies on what PINs are valid There are two optional policies that can be enforced e Maximum repeated digits This indicates the maximum number of repeated digits that are allowed in the PIN This allows the administrator to define what PINs are valid E g it allows them to enforce a no repeated digits policy e Allow series This sets whether ascending or descending arithmetic series are allowed as PINs For example not allowing such series would prevent 1234 2468 6543 etc from being set as PIN numbers Administrators should be aware that enforcing these p
46. ation e Swivlet use the Swivlet application e Admin administer the entire PINsafe configuration e Helpdesk administer PINsafe users e PINIess user has no PIN just a password For users of previous versions of PINsafe these represent 6 of the 8 standard groups previously defined There is no equivalent of the PINsafe users group as a member of any of the defined groups is by definition a PINsafe user The RADIUS group is also unnecessary as in order to be a RADIUS user a user must be a member of a NAS group To define additional functionality a group must be selected on the appropriate agent transport class third party authentication or NAS The groups on these forms are now drop down boxes showing all defined groups so you must add a group on the Repository gt Groups page to correspond to the required functionality For this reason it is possible to define a group but not tick any of the boxes To associate a repository group with a PINsafe group you must enter something in the definition field for each repository For the XML repository simply copy the group name into Page 69 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual the definition field For Active Directory or LDAP you will need to enter the fully qualified domain name FQDN for the repository group Leaving a definition field blank means that no users of that particular repository will be members of the appropriate group There is no requirement to enter a definition for e
47. ation from any IP address in the range 192 123 123 xxx as only the first 24 bits of the IP address are required to match In order for authentication requests to be processed the source IP address of the request and the shared secret presented by the agent need to match the details entered on this screen Server gt Agents Y Please enter the details for any PINsafe agents below Agents are permitted to access the authentication services of the PINsafe server via the AgentXML interface Agents Name jspsample Hostname IP 192 168 0 0 24 Shared secret ee eee Group ANY v ANY PINsafeAdministrators PINsafeUsers Figure 14 Screen shot of Agent Configuration Screen Page 32 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual It is possible to associate agents with groups within PINsafe When you configure an agent if you leave the group selection as ANY then any PINsafe user will be able to authenticate via this agent If a group is specified then the user must be a member of that group in order to authenticate via this agent The agent groups are similar to other groups in PINsafe For more details on groups see section Using the User ChangePIN application One of the most common agents deployed with PINsafe is the Change PIN application This is an application that allows user to reset their own PINs This application will come pre configured as part of an appliance purchase This application can be deployed on the sa
48. ations Services WMI Control 23 Indexing Service E B Internet Information Service Default Web Site Properties Directory Securi HTTP Headers Web Site ISAPI Filters Home Directory Filters installed here are active for this Web site only Filters are executed in the order listed below Status Filter Name Priority onde 1 Web Sites 45 Default SMTP Virtual Sen Details Filter Name pinsafe Status Loaded Executable CNinetp NPINsafellSFilter dll Priority High Figure 16 Screenshot of IIS filter installation Once the filter has been configured it can be applied to the web site In the Control Panel select Administrative Tools then Internet Information Services Navigate to the default web site assuming that is the one you want the filter to apply to right click on it and select Properties Select the ISAPI filters tab and click Add Enter the name PINsafe IIS filter you can call it what you like Click the Browse button and navigate to the installation folder noted earlier Select PINsafeIISFilter dll and click OK Back in the main IIS management console right click again on the web site select New then Virtual Directory When prompted for an alias enter pinsafe On the next screen when prompted for a directory click Browse and navigate to the Web directory underneath the filter installation directory On the next screen ensure that Read and Run scripts are en
49. authenticate via certain agents When an agent is added to PINsafe it may have had a group associated with it If this is the case then the user must be placed in that group in order for that user to be able to authenticate via that agent If no group is specified any user can authenticate using that agent Creating the account Once the user has been made a member of the relevant groups the repository can be synchronised with PINsafe this can either be done manually via the User Admin screen or automatically be setting up a job to perform this Server Jobs see Operation amp Maintenance PINsafe will create a new account if auto credentials create is enabled PINsafe will also create a username and password if required and send them to the user via their allocated Alert transport Unlocking Accounts Accounts can be locked or disabled If a user s account is locked or disabled they will not be able to authenticate via PINsafe You can configure PINsafe to send an email to an administrator to inform them when an account has become locked See Logs and Alarms The main status screen on PINsafe immediately indicates if there are locked or disabled accounts on the PINsafe server Page 72 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual PINsafe Status Y Licensed to Licensed users User accounts Locked user accounts Disabled user accounts Active user repository RADIUS server enabled Server IP address 127 0 0 1 Server hostname ITH000136
50. be instigated from any IP address in a similar way to requesting TURing images This is enabled by setting Allow message request by username to Yes You can also configure PINsafe to return a confirmation image when a security is requested by setting Confirmation image on message request to Yes This will return an image to indicate to the user whether the message request has been received successfully by PINsafe Figure 37 Message Request Confirmation Image This allows for a dual channel image to be requested in the same way as a TURing image from within JavaScript as well as providing useful feedback to the end user Note that the confirmation image confirms that PINsafe has received the request not that the image has been sent Alerting Users The Transport Alerts screen can be used to determine for which events users receive alerts Alerts will be sent to the user based on which Alert Transport group to which they belong Page 67 of 94 Version 3 8 Page 68 of 94 PINsafe Manual Transport gt User Alerts Y Please select which alerts are delivered to users PIN expiry warning PIN change required PIN changed Account locked Device key allocated Figure 38 Alert Configuration Screen Yes Y Yes Y Yes v Yes Yes Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Managing Users This section covers the management of users within the PINsafe server including the addition and removal
51. count and password and the PINsafe server must be able to access the server via the selected port Page 18 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Repository gt adtest Y Please enter the details for accessing Active Directory Hostname IP 192 168 0 165 Username AdministratorQtest loc Password 2222 Allow self signed certificates No Username attribute sAMAccountName PIN attribute Password attribute Import disabled state No Ignore FQ name changes Yes Mark missing users as deleted No vw Port 389 Domain LDAP Y Synchronization schedule Every hour at minutes past the hour Figure 6 AD Repository configuration Select the repository name from the left hand menu and complete the form The entries required are summarised in the table below Page 19 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Host IP The hostname or IP address of the Domain Controller that PINsafe will connect to This username needs to be a fully qualified username for a user within the Active Username f ign Directory domain that has the required privileges password MPut the password associated with the above account Password Set the synchronisation schedule This determines how often PINsafe will update its user list from Active Directory See Appendix E Setting Schedules and CRON Strings for details Allow self signed Pee Port certificates
52. d browser Users can bookmark this page and even have it on their desktop as a bookmark Users can be sent the URL of the portal as part of the provisioning of PINsafe Page 42 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Login PINsafe JSP Sample Login Username demouser e Settings Figure 19 User Portal screen shot To authenticate the user opens a browser at the portal s URL enter their username although this could be pre filled stored in a cookie They select get image and the image is presented to them The user performs the one time code extraction and enters the one time code into the VPN log on form SysTray Utility Another way to deliver the TURing image to the end user is to use the PINsafe SysTray utility This is a small client that resides in the users System Tray PINsafe Taskbar Settings E K w Security String x Figure 20 Screenshot of Systray Utility Page 43 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual The application can be manually configured to retrieve TURing images from any PINsafe server for any user It can also be pre configured so that the user need only enter their username Once the application is configured users can obtain a security string merely by double clicking on the PINsafe icon in the system tray or by right clicking and selecting get image The application is small and easy to distribute it can be provided with its own windows installer The user of the systray applica
53. d in the repository it will be disabled within PINsafe If Import disabled state is set to No then a user account can be manually disabled from the User Administration screen by clicking on the user account selecting policy and then selecting Disabled If Import Disabled state is set to Yes it is not possible to manually disable accounts Ignoring Fully Qualified FQ name changes Repositories such as Active Directory have a concept of fully qualified names and account names The fully qualified name uniquely identifies the object within the repository and the account name is an attribute such as sAMAccountName that the use then uses as a username For example the fully qualified name may be CN test CN User OU IT DC swivel DC com But the PINsafe account name will be created using the sAMAccountName test If the account is moved within the repository the fully qualified name changes e g CN test CN User OU Admin DC swivel DC com If you set Ignore FQ name changes to Yes if the fully qualified account name changes but the account name remains the same PINsafe will ignore this change and the associated PINsafe account will not be modified If Ignore FQ name change is set to No then the existing PINsafe account will be deleted and a new PINsafe account will be created for that user Marking missing users as deleted PINsafe users group membership within the user repository to determine the users rights within PINsafe If a
54. d on that server All repositories will be displayed in the User Administration screen whether or not the repositories are defined on a particular PINsafe server The only difference is that users cannot be synced if the repository is not defined When connecting repositories to PINsafe servers sharing a database the repository name must be unique If the same name is used for repositories on two different PINsafe servers it is assumed that they actually refer to the same repository If this is not the case it could cause users to be deleted every time the user sync runs This is why the XML repository on each PINsafe server is named from the server name rather than simply being called XML for example One consideration here is that the username must be unique over all repositories within the database It is not possible to have a user called for example admin in one repository and another also called admin in a different repository even if those repositories are synchronized on different servers Page 50 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Operation amp Maintenance This section refers to PINsafe running on a server rather than as an appliance For details of the operation and maintenance of appliances refer to the appliance How To guides Tasks Log files Tomcat creates a number of log files under usr local apache tomcat x x xx logs It is recommended that the older instances of these files are deleted to prevent them using
55. data repository xml to a safe location Back up the PINsafe user data by taking a copy everything under Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF db to a safe location Back up any customized transport user repository classes residing on the PINsafe server 7 Start the Tomcat Server service tomcat5 start 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Remove the pinsafe war file from webapps ensuring that you have a back up copy This should undeploy pinsafe and the pinsafe folder should be deleted Stop Tomcat If the webapps pinsafe folder has not been deleted manually delete it Copy the new pinsafe war file to the webapps folder Start the Tomcat server service tomcat5 start this will deploy the PINsafe application Stop the server Copy the backed up config xml file from step 3 to Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF conf overwriting the installed version If you are using an XML repository restore the backed up copy from step 4 to Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF data overwriting the installed version If you are using an internal database restore the database files backed up in step 5 to Tomcat x x webapps pinsafe WEB INF db Ensure that the ownerships and permissions on the file that you have restored are correct drwxrwxr x 2 swivel swivel 4096 Dec 8 12 13 db For example to change the ownership of data run the chown command from the WEB INF directory chown R swivel swivel db Page 76 of 94 Version 3 8
56. defined on this page It must be defined here though so that it can be used on other pages So that single channel users will have alerts including on account creation e mailed to them and dual channel users will have alerts sent to them via SMS the Transport General screen would include the following entries Page 89 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual for SMTP Destination attribute Mail Repository Group NONE Alert Repository Group SC Users for a GSM Modem or SMS provider Destination attribute telephoneNumber Alert Repository Group DC Users To restrict website access to only those users that are in the WEB users group the agent associated with the website would include the following entry Group WEB Users Despite the variety of user types users can for the most part be added to PINsafe just by making them a member or the appropriate AD group The only exception is that users that need to be able to access via the website need to be added to the WEB Users group as well as either the Single Channel or Dual Channel group Page 90 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Appendix D PINsafe Installation details General Date of Install Installation company name Engineer s name Customer Contact inc email phone PINsafe Server Details Appliance Yes No Appliance serial number s High Availability Yes No License Installed Yes No PINsafe version OS IP Address Default gateway DNS Language En
57. e r4p amp dl2a Page 64 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Another way of using passwords with PINsafe is to use the password that the user has from their AD account or other repository type If the Check Password with Repository option is set to true when a user attempts to authenticate no does PINsafe check their OTC but also checks the password they submitted against their repository To do this the PINsafe server must be able to connect to the user s repository User self reset Policy Self Reset Please enter the policies to apply to user self reset Allow user self reset No Maximum self reset tries 3 Figure 35 Self Reset Policy Screen PINsafe supports a self reset policy whereby if a user s account has been locked they can unlock it They do this by being sent an unlock code via their alert transport they then enter this code to authenticate The above screen enables this feature and stipulates the maximum number of reset tries a user is allowed User Policies Along with the server wide policies the Administrator can set policies for individual users To access this feature the Administrator can go to the User Administration screen and select a user and then select the Policy button This will bring up the following screen for that user Page 65 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Username fred Created 16 07 13 20 April 2006 Last login 16 08 51 20 April 2006 Last PIN change N A Last self reset
58. e requirement to synchronize data regularly and the resultant loading on the server Where possible these tasks should be scheduled to run during the server s quiet period Session Clean Up The session clean up job is used to invalidate after a given time any security strings that have been requested by the user For example a session is deemed to have started when a TURing image is requested The security string presented within that security string is only valid for as long as the session is valid The length of time for which the session is valid is set by the session clean up time if it is set to 120 seconds the user will have 2 minutes in which to use the security string to authenticate If they attempt to authenticate with that security string after that time their authentication will fail The same setting also applies to security strings delivered by SMS messages when they have been explicitly requested by the user e g via a GET MESSAGE button SMS messages sent automatically after an authentication attempt do not expire in this way The following jobs can be set using cron notation this is described in Appendix E Setting Schedules and CRON Strings Page 54 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Peer Synchronization This is similar to the user repository synchronization only it refers to a server synchronizing its list of users with other peer servers within its peer network Every time this job is run the server will request an
59. eed to open up these ports on the appliance see IPtables 3 If you set Filter ID to YES the users username will be returned in the RADIUS Filter ID field of the RADIUS authentication response Page 39 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual 4 Additional RADIUS logging will add RADIUS log events to the PINsafe logs therefore if a user authenticates via RADIUS there will be a log event for the successful RADIUS authentication and then another log entry for the PINsafe authentication as the example shows below Ke INFO RADIUS lt 158 gt Access Accept 2 LEN 63 192 168 0 151 32859 Access Request y by greenford succeeded 2007 12 13 08 03 January INFO 192 168 0 151 Aventail Login successful for user greenford 2007 RADIUS Groups Cisco and other VPN vendors use information passed back within a RADIUS Access Accept response to determine what access policy to apply to the user PINsafe can now support this form of operation for a number of vendors To implement this feature set the RADIUS Groups setting to yes The RADIUS group keyword can be used to filter the groups that are returned Eg if you set the keyword to POLICY on group names that contain the word policy in their names will be returned This prevents irrelevant group information being returned If this field is left blank then a list of all the groups of which the user is a member is returned The format used to return the group list is set for each NAS One the NAS scr
60. een you select the relevant vendor from the Vendor Groups option Once the Radius Server is configured and enabled it can be configured to accept requests from a NAS This is achieved by selecting the Radius gt NAS page and entering the details These settings are the same as those for an agent name IP address shared secret and group You can also specify that the NAS will use a secure RADIUS EAP protocol from the drop down list the options are LEAP and EAP MD5 Page 40 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual RADIUS gt NAS Please enter the details for any RADIUS network access servers A NAS is authentication services of the PINsafe server via the RADIUS interface NAS Identifier Hostname IP Secret EAP protocol Group Authentication Mode Vendor Groups Change PIN warning Two Stage Auth Reset Figure 18 NAS configuration screen For authentication requests to be processed by PINsafe they need to come from the IP address specified in the NAS configuration the shared secret needs to match that specified in the NAS configuration and be sent to the IP address specified in the PINsafe Server Configuration How to integrate a VPN with PINsafe using RADIUS In order to configure a VPN to use PINsafe for authentication the VPN needs to be configured to make authentication requests against the PINsafe server This method for doing this depends on the VPN concerned so you need to con
61. entered on the transport general screen are not important but the transports still need to be configured Page 28 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual How to integrate PINsafe with a GSM Modem PINsafe supplies a transport class that allows PINsafe to send text messages via an AT compatible GSM modem The GSM modem obviously needs a valid SIM card and GSM coverage The transport class operates the modem by sending AT Modem commands via the serial port Therefore before configuring the PINsafe server an AT Compatible modem needs to be connected to the serial port To configure the PINsafe server to use the modem 1 Go to the Transport gt General tab 2 Ensure that the modem class details are entered on the screen as shown below 3 Enter a repository group name for the class e g modem if you are using the XML repository 4 Click Apply 5 Once this entry has been made the transport will appear in the left hand pane under the Transport heading You can then configure the modem interface as required from the Transport GSM Modem screen 6 To configure the modem interface select the serial port that you are going to use and set the other parameters to match those of the modem 7 Configure the modem and connect it to the selected serial port Notes on Modems Swivel Secure can recommend a number of modems that we have tested with PINsafe It is recommend that you configure the modem to a specific baud rate rather than using
62. ers Name PINsafeAdministrators Iv NW Iv E Definitions Delete PINsafe1 PINsafeAdministrators Name O Pr Definitions PINsafe1 Apply Reset Figure 2 Repository Groups Definition ee User Sync Go to user administration screen and select user Sync The XML repository is shipped with an existing user of admin with a PIN of 1234 so you will see this account appear on the list of users It is recommended that you open a new browser window navigate to the admin console and log on using this new account before you exit the existing admin console session You can create new Admin level accounts by selecting Add user on the User Administration screen and creating a new user that is a member of the PINsafe Administrators group You can then synchronise PINsafe with the repository to create the PINsafe account Remember to reset the PIN of the new Admin user that you have created NOTE Unlike previous versions of PINsafe this repository is always available even when you add another repository Therefore you need to ensure that you change the PIN for the admin user or else delete or disable this user Page 9 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual License Key PINsafe comes with a 5 user evaluation license To operate a live PINsafe server you need a valid licence key obtained from your reseller or from Swivel Secure Once you have this license key enter this key on the Server License screen The licence will
63. ful you will see an error in the log for example 14 22 23 192 168 0 13 admin Exception occured during repository attribute query object attribute 20 ERROR efaultNamingContext exception javax naming AuthenticationException LDAP error code 49 December 80090308 LdapErr DSID 0C090334 comment AcceptSecurityContext error data 525 2006 ece Indicates the username or password were not valid d 192 168 0 13 admin Exception occured during repository attribute query object attribute December ERROR defaultNamingContext exception javax naming CommunicationException 192 168 0 199 389 2006 Root exception is java net NoRouteToHostException No route to host Page 20 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Indicates the server could not be reached Once you have confirmed that you can connect to the AD server you need to set up the repository groups 4 Configure Groups Go to Repository gt Groups Assuming you have not added new groups there will be just the two groups defined PINsafeUsers and PINsafeAdministrators The definitions for the AD server will be blank You can enter fully qualified domain names for the appropriate groups in the Active Directory which represent normal users and administrators but it is recommended that the Browse feature is used Repository gt Groups Y Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group privileges and Active Directory LDAP defini
64. g to use the same method How is the user PIN to be created Have all the Active Directory accounts been fully populated with information e g Mobile phone numbers without e g 4412345678 Email addresses Plan your Active Directory Groups Ideally by using a hierarchy of groups users should be able to be assigned a member to one group to give all the requirements for PINsafe User rights The following standard rights are defined on the PINsafe server Each group can be assigned any combination of these rights Admin Members of groups with this right can configure PINsafe Helpdesk Members of groups with this right can manage users e g reset PINs passwords etc Users with the Admin right automatically also have this right Single Members of groups with this right can authenticate via the single channel TURing image interface Dual Members of groups with this right can authenticate using dual channel authentication e g using SMS messages Swivlet Members of groups with this right can authenticate using the PINsafe mobile client PINless Members of groups with this right will be PINless They Page 85 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual will use one time passcodes rather than security strings and one time codes In addition groups will need to be defined for the transports that users are going to use the agents via which the users will be allowed to authenticate which RADIUS NAS can be used to authenticate and the use
65. glish RADIUS Yes No Change PIN Yes No User self reset Yes No PINsafe Backup details Support Arrangements Hardware OS Software Customer Sign off The installation has been completed to my satisfaction in accordance with the details given above I understand the level of support I am entitled to as explained above Signature Date Name on Behalf of company Page 91 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Appendix E Setting Schedules and CRON Strings With the exception of the session clean up setting tasks can scheduled using a cron syntax Most schedules can be set up by using the drop down menu items on the synchronisation setting screen Synchronization schedule Every hour at 130 Y minutes past the hour custom 115 minutes 30 minutes 2 hours 13 hours 6 hours 112 hours day week Figure 51 Selecting Schedules If you select the custom option you can explicit set the schedule using the cron syntax The use of the cron like syntax gives a great deal of flexibility in scheduling these tasks The settings require the following fields Field Name Allowed Values Allowed Special Characters Seconds 0 59 y Minutes 0 59 Hours 0 23 ERN Day of month 1 31 LWC Month 1 12 or JAN DEC 7 Day of Week 1 7 SUN SAT LC Year Optional empty 1970 2099 These fields determine when the job is to be run An asterisk in any field is a wildcard and means that the task will be run for all
66. haring the same database that the repository is only defined on one of the PINsafe servers Users will still be able to authenticate on the other server More Complex AD Group and Attribute example In this example it is assumed that PINsafe is being to authenticate a number of different users groups in a number of different methods In this case PINsafe is being used to authenticate access a website and a VPN All users can use the VPN but only a subset of users can authenticate to the websites All users can use single channel authentication some users can use dual channel SMS authentication Dual channel users will be sent alerts to their mobile phone single channel users via email PINsafe Administrators are dual channel users but Helpdesk users are single channel only Page 87 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual This is a group structure that can support these requirements DC Users SC Users CN PINSafeDCU CN PINSafeSCUsers WEB Users GE i e Sers OU pinsafe CN PINSafeWebUsers Fer x DC example OU pinsafe Se e DC com DC example DC com com Admin Users Helpdesk Users CN AdminUsers CN HelpdeskUsers OU pinsafe OU pinsafe DC example DC example DC com DC com Figure 49 More complex repository groups example AD structure If you are familiar with earlier versions of PINsafe note that in 3 3 there is no need to define a group that encloses all of the groups above The single channel group SC
67. hat database eg that all firewalls have the required port open 3306 being the default Obtain the required database drivers for the database Copy these drivers onto the PINsafe server under the webapps pinsafe WEB INF lib directory Restart the PINsafe server Now go to the Database configuration screen and enter the details of the database and the drivers that you have configured See the example below Identifier MySQL 5 Class com swiveltechnologies user database MySQL5Dat Driver com mysgl jdbe Driver URL jdbc mysql 192 168 0 156 3306 pinsafe Username fred Password eeee Figure 3 Selecting MySQL5 DatssgseeON in Sys Tray Once you have entered this information select your chosen database from the drop down list then click Apply PINsafe will now try and create the tables in the database Check the log Page 12 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual files to see if there are any errors If for any reason PINsafe could not open the new database the database setting reverts to the existing setting to prevent the user being locked out If the database tables were created successfully you will see a Database Opened message Once the new database has been created it is important to synhchronize with the user repository to ensure that an admin account is created so that the admin console can be accessed Remember to set the PIN of this account to a known value Page 13 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe
68. hich PINsafe servers can interact enabling users from one server to authenticate to another using peering or by sharing a database Peering PINsafe servers It is possible to deploy a number of PINsafe servers as a set of peers Every user has an account on one of the PINsafe peers however but they can authenticate to any one of the PINsafe servers For example if a business has a London office and a New York office running separate Active Directories and SSL VPNs a PINsafe server can be installed in each office Each PINsafe server can be configured as a peer to the other In this configuration a London based user can authenticate to the New York VPN the New York PINsafe detects that the user is served by the London server and proxies the authentication request to the London PINsafe server The London PINsafe server checks the user s credentials and returns the results to the New York server that as a result can allow or deny access User London SSL Active Mm ne Directory EE London Proxied request for London user From New York Pinsafe User London ti SSL Active Director New York New York Figure 22 Example of peering for multi office installation Another application of this is to support the inter working of different user repositories although this configuration is deprecated by Version 3 3 s ability to c
69. ir one time code based on their current PIN and then their new one time code therefore in the above example if the user has a PIN of 2378 that they wish to change to 9243 they would enter 0932 in the OTC box and 1089 the New OTC and confirm new OTC boxes To change their PIN the user would then select change PIN Page 34 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual PIN change successful Please wait while you are redirected If your browser doesn t automatically redirect click here to continue At which point they will be redirected to the defined redirect page if one was defined If you check the PINsafe logs you should also see the corresponding entries 16 52 01 03 January 2007 16 51 47 03 January 2007 INFO 1192 168 0 13 changepin Change PIN successful for user testi INFO 1192 168 0 13 changepin Session started for user test1 How to integrate PINsafe with an IIS Website In this instance the Agent is implemented using an ISAPI Filter This filter needs to be installed on the web server hosting the site to be protected For information about filtering within IIS go to the Microsoft web site http msdn microsoft com library default asp url library en us iissdk html 22e3fbfb 1c31 41d7 9dc4 efa83f813521 asp To install the PINsafe ISAPI filter you need to run the install PINsafeIISFilter exe on the IIS server Make a note of the location the application is installed in default is C Program Files PINsafe IIS Filter The c
70. irectory in order to create or delete accounts from the PINsafe server A PINsafe server running in slave mode will not create or remove accounts from the database but will act as an authentication server for all the accounts that exist in the database A slave PINsafe server relies on another PINsafe server to add and remove accounts Configuring Slave Mode In slave mode there is no user repository When configuring PINsafe to use slave mode it is therefore important that the database that you have defined has users and admin users already in it Once you select the slave mode you should go to the user admin screen to ensure that the users exist on the server Page 7 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Configuring Synchronized Mode To use this mode go to the Mode gt General screen and select Synchronized and then click apply The next stage is to configure the repository Configuring the user repositories PINsafe supports multiple user repositories The initial repository is the internal XML repository which can be edited within the PINsafe Administration Console Additional repositories can be defined repositories can be LDAP based eg Active Directory or SQL based eg MySql Database If you are using a user repository it is important that you create an Administrator user to prevent you being locked out of the admin console If you are unfamiliar with PINsafe it is recommended that you use the internal XML repository initially
71. is encrypted Encrypted database drivers can also be used It is assumed that an external database will be more appropriate to larger multi site installations and the internal database for use for single site installations For details integrating with an external database refer to Integrating with an external database Username Case Sensitivity You can select whether usernames are case sensitive or not You may need to set usernames to be case insensitive if that is what the users are used to eg Windows usernames are not case sensitive When user names are not case sensitive a user with a username of Chris can authenticate a Chris chris chrIS etc NOTE Case sensitivity is also affected by settings in your database if you use an external database If you require case sensitive passwords you also need to ensure that your database is set to be case sensitive Setting the Internal Database To use PINsafe s internal database go to the Database menu select Internal from the drop down menu then click apply There may be a slight delay as PINsafe creates the tables in the database You then need to create an admin account see Configuring the user repository If another database type is required refer to the section on Database Integration Setting the Database Mode PINsafe supports two different database modes synchronized and slave Synchronized will mean that the PINsafe server will synchronize with a user repository e g Active D
72. izes prior to the repository groups being configured then user accounts may be deleted To do this go to the Repository section and select the last sub entry this should be labelled with the PINsafe server computer name Delete the Synchronization Schedule entry and click Apply Page 77 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Architecture The PINsafe application runs within a JSP Servlet Container Apache Tomcat being the default that is recommended specifically version 5 5 23 PINsafe has also had some testing under Tomcat 6 and Jetty 6 1 and no problems have been observed however these containers are not yet recommended for use with PINsafe and earlier versions of Tomcat prior to version 5 or Jetty are known not to be compatible PINsafe also requires a Java JRE Specifically Java JRE 1 6 is recommended and is the minimum requirement Certain configurations of the product the Java Communication API needs to be installed more details in the installation section PINsafe needs a database server to store user data and credentials An internal database server is provided but there is also the option to use an external database server The list of currently supported database servers can be found in the Database General section of the administration console Note that in order to use any of these databases you will need the appropriate JDBC driver These are not provided with PINsafe because of licensing regulations but can usually be ob
73. lete Annlv Reset Figure 29 SMTP Logging configuration screen Page 58 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Administrator s Guide This section concentrates on explaining how the PINsafe server is administered It covers all the common tasks that an administrator would normally undertake NB A full on line help admin reference guide is provided as part of the Swivel distribution Clicking the icon will open a web browser with some help pages relating to that aspect of PINsafe This section assumes all the required integration tasks described earlier in this document have been completed Setting Policies There are a number of policies relating to account PIN management for example PIN length and PIN validity periods There are two modes of operation for PINsafe standard and PINless these two modes are explained below Standard Users are assigned a PIN They are sent a random security string and use their PIN to extract a one time code PINIess Users do not have a PIN they are sent a random one time code which they enter to authenticate Both modes can be supported on a PINsafe server Group memberships are used to define which mode a user uses To make a group PINless check the PINless property for the group in the Repository Groups page Page 59 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Repository gt Groups Y Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group p
74. llowing a user to request a TURing image from any URL for example by pasting http lt pinsafe url gt pinsafe SCImage username lt username gt into a web browser Page 66 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual This provides flexibility in terms on security string delivery but does require that port 8080 is opened up on the PINsafe server See Protecting the PINsafe Admin Console Dual Channel The Server Dual Channel screen determines how dual channel security strings are delivered The default model for dual channel security strings is that a new security string is sent whenever a user attempts to authenticate thus ensuring that the user always has a valid security string to use An alternative is to only send a security string to the user when they explicitly request one this is the on demand authentication mode that can be enabled from this screen If this mode is used the security string sent to the user is only valid for as long as the session time out clean up period specified on the server jobs screen On demand delivery means that a user can request a new security string at any time even when on demand authentication is not enabled This request is made via make a GET to http pinsafe url pinsafe DCMessage username username The request to send a dual channel security string can be via an agent configured on the PINsafe server alternatively PINsafe can be configured to allow the request for a security string to
75. me server as the PINsafe server or on a different server but in either case it must be configured as an agent on the PINsafe server The change pin application is usually supplied as a war file To install the application copy the changepin war file to the webapps folder underneath the Apache Tomcat directory and then restart tomcat The settings for the Change PIN application are created by editing the settings xml file under the webapps changepin WEB INF directory lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 lt DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM http java sun com dtd properties dtd lt properties gt entry key ssl gt false lt entry gt lt entry key server gt localhost lt entry gt lt entry key port gt 8080 lt entry gt lt entry key context gt pinsafe lt entry gt lt entry key secret gt secret lt entry gt entry key redirect gt http www google com lt entry gt lt properties gt entry key ssl gt false lt entry gt This sets whether to use ssl to connect to the PINsafe server or not default is not to use ssl entry key server gt localhost lt entry gt This tells the changepin application the server name or IP address of the PINsafe server The default setting is localhost this appropriate for installations where the Change PIN application is installed on the same server as PINsafe entry key port gt 8080 lt entry gt This is the port number being used
76. mined what groups are required the next step is to define the mapping to the repositories This is slightly different for the XML repository than for Active Directory or LDAP For Active Directory and LDAP repositories the definition is the full qualified domain name FQDN representing the user group within the repository This group must exist within the repository defining groups and group membership of Active Directory and LDAP repositories depends on the repository you are using and is outside the scope of this document see the appropriate documentation for your directory server For the XML repository the group definition is just a label for the user edit screen and within the XML file You would normally just copy the group name as the XML repository group definition It is not necessary to give a definition for every group for every repository If a definition is left blank then no users from the respective repository will be members of the respective group This goes for the XML repository as well as other repositories Page 15 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Refer to Appendix B to see example Active Directory LDAP and XML repository groups and attributes Importing Disabled State If as is the case with Active Directory the repository supports the principle of disabled accounts PINsafe can take account of this when synchronising with the repository If Import disabled state is set to Yes then if the account is disable
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78. nt user is requested Therefore if all your users have PINs you should set this to PINned If all your users are PINless this should be set to PINless and if you have a mixture of user you should set this value to mixed Audit Log Length PINsafe maintains a audit log of user activity that can be extracted interrogated by the Admin API This setting dictates how long the activity records are maintained PIN and OTC Policies PIN and OTC policies are set on the Policy gt PIN and OTC screen PINs within the PINsafe product are the prime authentication credential and administrators may wish to replicate existing password management policies within PINsafe Page 62 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Policy gt PIN and OTC Y Please enter the policies to apply to PINS Minimum PIN size PIN expiry days PIN expiry warning days Require PIN change after auto setting Require PIN change after admin reset PINless OTC length Maximum repeated PIN digits Allow numerical sequences for PIN Auto reset PIN on expiry PIN change grace period days Apply Reset Figure 33 PIN Policy Screen From this screen you can set the minimum PIN size from 4 to 10 characters You can also set a PIN expiry period This determines how long a PIN is valid for for example setting this figure to 90 days will ensure that users will need to change their PIN at least every 90 days Setting this value to 0 zero would mean th
79. ober 2006 RADIUS and IP table advice added 3 2 31 Jan 2007 Manual for PINsafe version 3 2 3 3 12 July 2007 Manual for PINsafe version 3 3 3 3 Update 1 19 Nov 2007 3 3 Update 1 3 4 28 April 2008 Manual for PINsafe Version 3 4 3 5 20 October 2009 Manual for Version 3 5 3 6 9 Jun 2009 For Version 3 6 3 6 1 Minor amendments for Version 3 6 1 3 7 Updates for Version 3 7 January 2010 Page 94 of 94 Version 3 8
80. of users changing PINs and Passwords and unlocking accounts Adding User Groups The model for handling functionality within groups has been changed for PINsafe 3 3 to accommodate the multiple repository facility In earlier versions of PINsafe there were eight fixed groups on the Repository gt Groups page plus a group for each agent transport class third party authentication and RADIUS NAS The group name was typed in and the syntax had to be specific to the repository type In the new model groups are all defined on the Repository Groups page Rather than being associated with a single function each group can have as many functions as desired Also groups can be defined across multiple repositories As many groups as are necessary can be defined A new installation will have just two groups normal users and administrators However as many groups can be defined as are necessary to give the desired access control To define a new group all that is necessary is to enter a unique group name in the Name field in the blank section at the bottom of the Repository Groups page However for that group to be useful two additional pieces of information are required e What functionality the group is to have e How the group maps to a group within each repository Standard functionality is defined by setting the checkboxes for the group e Single connect using single channel authentication e Dual connect using dual channel authentic
81. olicies does reduce the number of possible valid PIN combinations and if they wish to enforce them all they may wish to consider increasing the PIN length These policies are enforced when users set their own PINs via the change PIN function and also when PINs are generated by PINsafe An administrator can override these policies and manually set any PIN number If you can specify the behaviour for when a PIN is due to expire If you set Auto reset PIN on expiry to Yes a few days set by the grace period before a user s PIN expires they are automatically sent a new PIN If this is not set the account will become locked Password Policies Policy gt Password Y Please enter the policies to apply to passwords Require password No Password mask adsxxx Check Password with Repository No vi Figure 34 Password Policy Screen Passwords are an optional part of the PINsafe authentication model If required the Administrator can ensure that all accounts have a password as well as a PIN associated with them If passwords are required then if auto credential creation is set PINsafe will create a random password for the user The random password will conform to the password mask The password mask allows administrators to ensure that certain character types are included in the password in the specified order where a alpha d digit and s special character An example of a password conforming to the above password mask would b
82. om www swivelsecure com An important part of this document is the record of the installation covered in Appendix D PINsafe Installation details It is recommended that this section is completed at the time of installation and kept with the server or elsewhere where it can be found easily if required A copy of the installation record needs to be sent to Swivel Secure for their records this can be sent to e mail support swivelsecure com fax 44 1937 547 590 Page 5 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Getting Started with PINsafe 3 8 This guides assumes that there is a PINsafe Version 3 8server installed and running Information about building and deploying a PINsafe server is available in Appendix A Building and Deploying PINsafe server This section follows the steps required to get a basic PINsafe installation up and running There are three fundamental settings that need to be completed to get a PINsafe server up and running 1 The PINsafe Database 2 The Database mode of operation 3 Any associated user repositories Setting the PINsafe Database PINsafe needs a database to store PINsafe account information This can be an internal or an external database On install the PINsafe server comes with a shipping database this is a single user read only database that has the user account Username admin PIN 1234 Whilst this option is selected as the database it will only be possible to login to the admin console using
83. omma separated list of IP addresses that are exempt from the requirement to perform PINsafe authentication Partial addresses such as 192 168 may be entered Paths Comma separated list of paths that are exempt from the requirement to perform PINsafe authentication Partial paths may be entered for example images would allow access to images logo png and images staff jpg Inclusions Inlcuded Paths Comma separated list of paths that require PINsafe authentication If any paths are entered then only those paths will be subject to PINsafe authentication and any path exemptions will be ignored Partial paths may be entered Misc Default Path The default location to redirect a user to following login if no other destination is available Setting this value is recommended as it will allow users who have navigated directly to the login page to access the protected resource Logout Path A path that causes the cookie to be deleted and authentication to be required on any subsequent request This must be a path protected by the IIS filter Virtual web path The virtual web path for the IIS filter authentication pages Page 36 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual El File Action View Window Help e fmm FAR e E System Tools 3B Default Web Site gg Event Viewer 43 Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts E Device Manager Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management E Services and Applic
84. onfiguration of the filter is achieved by running the configuration application accessible from Start All Programs PINsafe IIS Filter Filter Configuration The configurable Items are summarised below PINsafe Server Hostname IP The IP address or hostname of the PINsafe server which must be visible to IIS server Port The port that the PINsafe server services requests on default 8080 Context The web application context in which the PINsafe server is installed usually pinsafe Secret The shared secret between this agent and the PINsafe server Needs to match value entered as part of PINsafe config SSL Enable Selected if SSL is being used between the agent and PINsafe otherwise false Permit Self Signed Select if self signed certificates are allowed Authentication Idle Time The connection idle time in seconds after which re authentication will be required Page 35 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Username Header If the username needs to be included in the http header what attribute will it be given Channels What channels will be used this will determine what buttons are presented on the authentication page eg if you select Single Channel a get Image button will be included Display Password Field This will include a password field if a password is being used as well as the PIN based authentication Permit self reset This will allow users to perform a self reset via this agent Exclusions Addresses C
85. onnect to multiple repositories One PINsafe server can be configured to work with Active Directory another to work with the XML repository The two servers can be configured as peers so that a user from either user repository can authenticate to a VPN or web application authenticating via either PINsafe server Page 47 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Active Directory Proxied request for XML user From AD PINsafe Figure 23 Example of peering fro multi repository installation It is possible to deploy both these servers on the same PINsafe appliance thus avoiding increased hardware costs To implement peering each PINsafe Peer must know the IP address context and port details of every other PINsafe server in the peering network Each PINsafe server also has a shared secret used for authentication To make authentication requests the requesting server must present the shared secret to authenticate itself to its peer To set up this relationship enter the details on the Server Peers screen on each PINsafe server Using the London New York example on the London PINsafe server the following would be entered Server gt Peers Please enter the details for any peer PINsafe servers below Peers Name New York Hostname IP pinsafe company com HTTP port 8080 SSL No Context pinsafe RADIUS authorisation port 1812 RADIUS accounting
86. rivileges and Active Directory LDAP definition For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP PiNsafeUsers PinsafeUsers en PINsafeUsers de test dc local PINsafeAdministrators PINsafeAdministrators en PINsafeAdmins dc test dc local Pinlessusers PInlessUsers en PINlessUsers dc test dc local m m m Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless v v v r r r Figure 30 Groups screen showing PINIess user group Some policies apply to both PIN and PINless users other are specific The general policies are set on the Policy General screen Page 60 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Policy gt General Y Please enter the policies to apply to authentication Security string type Numbers Auto set credentials on user creation Yes Y Maximum login tries EM Inactive account expiry days Non Existent Users appear to be Audit Log length days 30 Figure 31 General Policy Screen Security String Type You can set the security string to be Numbers and or Letters You can have upper or lower case characters or a mixture of both Mixed case is not recommended for TURing images as it can be difficult to differentiate between characters such as lower case
87. rovider 5 Select an Alert Repository group name for the class eg smsUserAlert All members of this Repository Group will have system alerts sent to them via the SMS provider 6 Click Apply Identifier liTagg Class com swiveltechnologies pinsafe transport ITaggTransport Strings per message 1 Destination attribute phone Repository group smsuser Alert repository group smsAlert NONE PINsafeAdministrators PINsafeUsers Pinless p f smsuser ismtp2 Figure 13 Configuring an SMS provider transport class 7 Once this entry has been made the transport identifier eg iTagg will appear in the left hand pane under the Transport heading You can then configure this interface as Page 30 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual required from the Transport gt iTagg screen 8 In order to configure users to use this transport to receive their security strings users need to be members of the appropriate repository group If you are using the XML repository you can effect this by going to the User Administration screen selecting a user and selecting smsUser as their transport group Integrating via SMTP Integrating with e mail is a special case for integration This is because PINsafe requires integration with an e mail server to send e mail alarm messages Therefore the actual integration details such as mail server IP address are specified in the Server SMTP screen See SMTP email
88. rrrnrrrrrnrennnnnnnnnnne 88 Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes ssssssssssssssssssse meer 89 IB Tre nc TEES 89 Page 3 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Simple AD Group and Attribute example ssssssssssssssssseseeeme eren nenne nrnrmrrrrrrensnnnnn nnns 90 More Complex AD Group and Attribute example ooooooccccccccccnnnnnnononononnccnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nn nn nnnnnnnnnncnnnncnnnnnns 91 Appendix D PINsafe Installation details sssssssssssssseeneneeeeeeeem Im nnn nenne nnne n nenne nnn nnnes 95 Appendix E Setting Schedules and CRON STTINQS oooocccccccnnocccccccononacincccnnannnoncnonnoncnnnnnnnn eene nennen nnn nnn snis 96 INDEX 97 Page 4 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Introduction This document provides a general overview of PINsafe version 3 8 its key features and a quick start guide to the Administration console Tt also covers what you should know about your installation of PINsafe and how to support and maintain your installation of PINsafe The key new features are New Mobile Client provisioning model to increase security New inbound SMS authentication to increase security and reduce costs New inbuilt reporting capability New account management options eg time limited account locks posce pa p More details can be found within the associated Release Bulletin available fr
89. rson schema does not allow for such an attribute so to implement disabling users you would need a custom schema The use of two properties allows disabling to be handled in one of two ways either a disabled flag is set to indicate that the user is Page 25 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual disabled or an enabled flag is set to indicate that the user is enabled If no such flag exists the user is assumed to be active Ignore FQ name changes Whether or not to treat an LDAP user object as the same user if the fully qualified name changes but the PINsafe username remains the same Set the flags to import disabled state and ignore FQ name changes as Import Disabled Ignore described a p 9 Q FQDN Use SSL Whether or not the server uses SSL for authentication Figure 11 LDAP Values The server is now configured to pull in user information from the LDAP repository The settings can be tested using the browse in window option this should display the contents of the directory At this stage no groups within the repository are defined so no users will be synched across 4 Configure Groups Go to Repository gt Groups Groups from LDAP repositories can be browsed and selected in the same way as described for Active Directory Other repository types Currently PINsafe can pull user information from LDAP based user repositories However the PINsafe architecture allows for new repository types eg SQL based to be ea
90. sily developed Therefore if you have a requirement to pull information from a repository not covered by this manual contact support swivelsecure com Deleting a Repository A repository can be deleted by going to the Repository gt Servers screen and clicking on the Delete button next to the appropriate repository However by default this only removes the repository definition from the current PINsafe server and not from the PINsafe database Neither does it remove users in that repository To change this on the Repository gt Servers page change the flag labelled Delete users with server to Yes The reason for including this option is to allow for the possibility of repositories being configured on more than one PINsafe server If you unintentionally delete a repository with Delete users with server set to No you can add the repository back in again i e use the same name change the flag and delete it again Page 26 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integrating with Transport Classes A transport class is the mechanism by which a security string is delivered to the end user for dual factor authentication The default method for this is via SMS and PINsafe comes with a class that enable this via a GSM Modem However the transport class can be used to interface PINsafe with any suitable mechanism for carrying the string PINsafe comes with a number of pre defined transports to choose from others are available
91. sult the relevant documentation for the specific VPN Swivel Secure will be able to provide you with specific instructions for a range of VPNs The basis of the configuration is basically to ensure that 1 The VPN server needs to send authentication requests to the IP address and port number on which the PINsafe Radius server is operating 2 The VPN server needs to have its shared secret and realm if specified set to match that on the NAS configuration screen This is all the configuration that is required for use with a VPN If TURing image is being used and you require the TURing image to be integrated into the VPN log on page the log on page needs modification Page 41 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Two Stage RADIUS Authentication One mode of operation for RADIUS integration is to use a two stage approach The user initially submits their username and password If the password is correct PINsafe responds with a RADIUS Challenge which indicates to the VPN that additional credentials are required If the user is a dual channel user and PINsafe is set to on demand authentication the user will also be sent an SMS security string The VPN will then prompt for the additional credentials in this case the one time code When the one time code is entered it is submitted to PINsafe via RADIUS PINsafe then checks the one time code and if it is correct the user authenticates successfully This mode of operation has been successfully
92. tained free of charge from the database manufacturer PINsafe can use its own repository for sourcing user accounts or can be configured to work with an existing Active Directory or other LDAP based user repository see How to guides in the Appendix An important part of this document is the record of the installation covered in Appendix D PINsafe Installation details It is recommended that this section is completed at the time of installation and kept with the server or elsewhere where it can be found easily if required A copy of the installation record needs to be sent to Swivel Secure for their records this can be sent to e mail support swivelsecure com fax 44 1423 858172 PINsafe can be purchased as an Appliance or software only If an Appliance is shipped with PINsafe all software will come pre loaded there is an Appliance User guide that covers the appliance specific configuration issues such as changing IP addresses etc Please note that the installation should only be attempted by someone comfortable with this kind of installation Also if you install PINsafe on your own hardware platform and OS that you should take all the necessary steps to security harden the installation Before you deploy and start PINsafe ensure you have the following software installed e Java runtime environment JRE Version 1 6 available from www sun java com e Tomcat v5 5 available from http tomcat apache org Version 5 5 23 recommended e
93. tet Abbeden 16 Ignoring Fully Qualified FQ name changes sssssseeeeneeennn nennen nnne 16 Marking missing users as deleted rt ru eed ese patei lile eec e cipe noo tcu cdo idad 16 Considerations for multiple repositories ooooooncnnnnccccnncoconononononnnncnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 17 Configuring the XML Repository oooooooccccnnnncoccccnconnnonccnnnonnononnncnnnnnn cnn nn ran eren nnne ne nnne rr EES 17 Configuring an Active Directory Repository ssssessseseeeneenne nennen mmm een nennen nnn nnnnis 18 Configuring Other LDAP Directory Servers as Repositories ssesssesssss mne 25 Other repository types etae ee deed e ree ve eco e e ves eer desde eee cvv e adeb aen aad 28 Del ting a Repository ex n oe idet ec pee e ee Aude died gerne Dee eae 28 Integrating with Transport Classas anei E Eea A Eaa EEA Erra RATAA eaan IRAAN nennen sn dn nennen nennen nennen 29 Configuring transports in shared database PINsafe installations rssrrerrnornnvrrnnnnornnrrrnnnnrnnnrrnnnnrrnnnrrnnnenn 30 How to integrate PINsafe with a GSM Modem rsrnnvrvnnnnrrnnvrrnnnnrrnnrrnnnrerrnrrrnnnnersnrrnnnrsernnrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnrnnnnnnnnnnn 31 How to integrate PINsafe with an SMS service Provider sssemm eene 32 Integrating via S M TP eati o i D o en 33 Integrating with Agents using Agent XML ssssssssseeeeeeeeeeenem eene nnnm nennen
94. thentication technologies PINsafe has a third party API to support this interaction Transport PINsafe sends security strings to end users via a transport layer implemented by a transport class Different classes allow for security strings to be sent via different methods e g SMTP SMS Transport classes can also be configured to send alert information to users e g to inform them that their PINsafe account has been created Logs PINsafe can be configured to send logs to external systems including syslog and SMTP These integration points are described in more details below Page 11 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integrating with an external database nb PINsafe is shipped with the PINsafe software required to interface with many popular database but does not include any licences drivers for those databases It is up to the user to obtain any required database licences PINsafe supports opensource databases such as MySQL and PostGres If you purchase PINsafe as a HA Active Active Appliance MySql is pre installed and is appropriately licensed This section describes the stages required to configure at PINsafe to work with an external database Most databases will require similar steps we use MySQL5 as an example The first stage is to create a database that PINsafe can use to create the tables it needs and store the data This database needs to support the UTF8 character set You then need to ensure that PINsafe can connect to t
95. tion For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUsers 7 7 Definitions Delete 3000 PINsafeUsers Browse adtest CN pinsafeusers OU pinsafe DC test DC local Browse Figure 8 Repository Groups definition with Active Directory This feature allows the repository to be browsed and the required group to be selected Repository name adtest Path OU pinsafe DC test DC local Up a level Groups CN dual Select CN helpdesk Select CN iTAGG Select CN pinless Select CN pinsafeadmin Select CN pinsafegroup1 Select CN pinsafegroup2 Select CN pinsafeusers Select CN single Select Figure 9 Using browse feature to select a group Page 21 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Once the group has been selected go to User Administration and select Po This will then create PINsafe accounts associated with the active directory accounts including PINsafe accounts with admin rights for active directory accounts that belong to the relevant group if any These accounts will be listed on the User Admin screen Assuming you have created an administrator account in this repository select it Select RESET PIN for the account and enter a new PIN Make a note of this PIN The server is now configured to pull in user information from the Active Directory There are two ways of instigating the pull of this data M
96. tion gives a true soft token like experience These two options are not mutually exclusive a single PINsafe server can accommodate both alternatives Page 44 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual How to incorporate a TURing image into a VPN log on page Figure 21 Example VPN screenshot If you wish to integrate a TURing image with a VPN log on page then the VPN configuration needs modification The implementation of these modifications again depend ED on the VPN itself some VPNs allow you to easily customize a A Secured by Swivel PINsafe the log on page for others it is more involved NNUS Enter your OTC The log on page needs to 1 Have a Start Session or TURing button 2 The user enters their username and then selects this button 3 This then fetches the Turing Image this will be in the format http PINsafe_IP_Address 8080 pinsafe SClmage username demouser It is recommended that the request for the image is proxied via the VPN or via other means so that port 8080 on the PINsafe server does not need to be opened up to the internet 4 The user can then enter their OTC and select Sign In this will then allow the VPN to use the username and extracted OTC to authenticate against the PINsafe server Page 45 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Integrating with 3 Party Authentication systems PINsafe can be integrated with 3 party authentication systems via its third party API If this
97. tive or addition to writing XML log files locally PINsafe can also write log files remotely by using the Syslog logging feature Logging gt Syslog Y Please enter the details of an external syslog server to which PINsafe logging events should be delivered Syslogs Host hosti swivel test Level Fatal v Facility kern v Host Level Off Y Facility local vw Figure 28 Syslog configuration screen The logging level is set in the same was as for XML logging The additional information required for Syslog is the host s to which the logs will be written and the syslog facility to be used SMTP email Logging Certain events can be emailed to operational managers These are system errors account lock outs and account creations and deletions The configuration screen for this feature is shown below To use SMTP logging you must have access to a suitable SMTP mail server The details for this server must be entered on to the Server SMTP screen Page 57 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Logging gt SMTP Y Please select which logging events are delivered as emails From PINsafe Send errors No Errors address Errors subject Pinsafe Error Send account locks No y Account locks address mr El Account locks subject PINsafe Account Locke Send User Account Create Delete No y Account audit address E Account create subject PINsafe Account creat Account delete subject PINsafe Account De
98. up to date user list from its peer servers Inactive User Check If there are policies in place on the server to lock accounts that have been inactive for more than a certain time then this job will detect those inactive accounts and lock them PIN expiry check If there are policies in place on the server that limit how long a PIN is valid for this job will go through the user list and check to see the last time the PIN was changed and then either do nothing send out a PIN expiry warning or lock out the account Audit Log tidy PINsafe maintains an log of user activity for the users for a pre determined period as set on the Policy General screen The audit log tidy job deletes audit log entries that are now longer required to maintain this log Page 55 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Logs and Alarms PINsafe generates a range of log events and alarms they consist of the following options e XML Log files written to the local PINsafe server e Log files written to Syslog e Alarm events sent as emails to a specified email address XML Logging XML logs are generated for a number of system events They have varying levels of severity FATAL ERROR WARNING and INFO You can set the level of logging setting the level to INFO will mean all events of severity INFO and above will be recorded Logging gt XML Please specify how the server logs events to local XML files These may be viewed or downloaded using the log viewer Level
99. username across multiple repositories it might be advisable to use email address for example as the login name instead Configuring the XML Repository A new installation of PINsafe has a single repository based on an XML file It starts with a single user admin with a PIN of 1234 This user can be removed or disabled but at the very least it is strongly recommended that the PIN is changed It is not normally necessary to modify the configuration of the XML repository except possibly to change the synchronisation schedule but the details for doing so are given here Select Repository and then the name of the XML repository which should be the name of the PINsafe server The configuration screen should look like this Repository gt ptest Y Please enter the details for the XML repository Username attribute username PIN attribute pin Password attribute password Synchronization schedule Every hour MI at 0 Y minutes past the hour Figure 5 XML Repository configuration Username initial PIN and Initial password are provided for compatibility with other repositories but there is little point in changing these It may well be worthwhile however changing or removing the synchronization schedule Since XML repository users can be added and edited within the administration console it is easy to synchronize the repository manual after making changes Having an automatic synchronization therefore serves
100. very repository in every group although for the group to be useful there must be a definition for at least one repository Conversely it is not necessary to define a separate group for each repository if the functionality is the same for groups within different repositories they can be defined as the same group within PINsafe The Repository Groups admin page will look something like the following Repository gt Groups 9 Please enter the repository group information to be used by the PINsafe server This includes group privileges and Active Directory LDAP definition For XML repository please copy the group name into the definition Single Dual Swivlet Admin Helpdesk PINless Name PINsafeUsers Vv Vv Iv O O r Definitions ith000140 PINsafeUsers LDAP cn PINsafeUsers dc test dc local Name PINsafeAdministrators O Definitions Delete ith000140 PINsafeAdministrators LDAP icn PINsafeAdmins dc test dc local Name PINlessUsers iv Definitions Delete ith000140 PINlessUsers LDAP icn PINlessUsers dc test dc local Name Definitions ith000140 LDAP Apply Reset Figure 39 Repository Groups page Adding Users To add users to PINsafe you need to add them to an appropriate group within the repository and synchronise PINsafe with that repository If you have set Auto Create credentials to Yes the user will be automatically sent a message with their account details in it If Auto
101. x add BlackBox jar to the CLASSPATH in Environment Variables C commapi samples BlackBox BlackBox jar To run BlackBox open a command prompt and go to C commapi samples BlackBox Then enter java BlackBox C commapi samples BlackBox gt java BlackBox Page 84 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes Using Active Directory groups to specify how users are managed is a quick and flexible way to manage PINsafe users You can create a set of groups in such a way that different user groups have a range of different user experiences and rights within PINsafe or if you have a very simple PINsafe installation you can use just two or three different groups to very simply manage your PINsafe users Note that although this section refers consistently to Active Directory all comments apply also to repositories configured as Simple LDAP Note also that the groups defined within PINsafe as of version 3 3 can refer to a single group within each of the defined repositories or can refer to a single repository only The considerations that should be taken into account when planning integration with Active Directory are What authentication modes are to be used and whether all users are going to be able to use all methods e Dual Channel e Single Channel e Amixture of the two What delivery method is to be used for alerts e g account creation and dual channel authentication and are all users goin
102. y Group The group in the repository that users will be a member of in order to use this transport to send their security stings Alert Repository The group in the repository that users will be a Group member of in order to use this transport to send alert messages to Configuring transports in shared database PINsafe installations When a repository is synchronised with PINsafe the PINsafe database stores the name of the transport that the user has been allocated Where you have multiple PINsafe servers connecting to the same database it is important that the transport configurations are consistent across the servers The easiest approach is to ensure that the configuration is identical however this is not the only approach and some extra resilience can be achieved For example you can have two PINsafe servers one that uses a GSM modem to send SMS messages and another that is part of the same installation that uses an SMS provider To achieve this you would need to configure a transport called SMS on both servers and associate that transport with the same groups on both servers However on one server the calls would be the GSM Modem class and on the other server it would be the class associated with the SMS provider NB You can only use transports that use the same destination attribute NB You need to configure transports on PINsafe servers that are operating in Slave mode even though they do not have a repository The group definitions
103. you must delete the server and add a new one to rename it 1 Set up Groups Groups need to be created in LDAP that represent different user roles within PINsafe eg users helpdesk user admin users etc refer to Appendix C Active Directory LDAP Groups and Attributes 2 Add Repository Go the Repository Servers screen Add a new server by entering an appropriate name in the blank entry at the bottom of the list From the drop down options select Simple LDAP and then click Apply 3 Configure Interface The next stage is to ensure that you can connect to the directory server In order to do this you must have a valid user account and password for the directory server and the PINsafe server must be able to access the server via LDAP by default port 389 but most servers allow this to be changed on installation Enter the details of the directory server and the account you are using Note that the username may need to be fully qualified Page 23 of 94 Version 3 8 PINsafe Manual Repository gt LDAP Y Please enter the LDAP configuration details Administrator Password Server Port Base DN Synchronization schedule Username attribute Initial PIN attribute Initial password attribute Base Search Context Group ObjectClass Name User ObjectClass Name Member attribute name Member group attribute name Import disabled state Ignore FQ name changes User disabled flag name User enabled flag name Use SSL

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